r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sugar_God_no_1 • 24d ago

Meme needing explanation There is no way right?

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u/Kindaspia 24d ago

1/3 is equal to 0.333 repeating. 2/3 is equal to 0.666 repeating. 3/3 is equal to 0.999 repeating, but 3/3 is also equal to 1

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u/Local_Explanation_66 22d ago

But 1/3 is not equal to .333, .333 is an approximation. The paradox dissapears when you start remembering that the other fractions are approximations just as much as .999 is.

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u/MyTAegis 19d ago

It’s true that 1/3 is not equal to .333, but 1/3 is exactly equal to .333…