Maths Point!

[Peerzy]

33.3%=1/3(one third)

yeah everyone understand that.

so times 33.3% by 3 to get 1 (three thirds)

33.3%X3=99.9% so 1=99.9% not 100%


ah the maths world have been blown apart!!!

i beat the system!!!

[bujub22]

:blink: blew my mind man

[seiya_33]

100% = spam

[Peerzy]

ur on a spam role arnt u. if u click ur name and see ur last 20 posts its all spam but different varations of it :lol:

[Illuminati]

Not really - 33.3% is an approximation to 3 significant figures (or 1 decimal point) of one third. i.e. while 33.3% is similar to a third, it is not equal to a third (or to be truly technical, exactly identical to a third).

So while 1/3 * 3 = 3/3 = 1, 33.3% x 3 = 99.9% = 0.99, NOT 1.

Sorry about that - Approximations can be a bitch :P

[seiya_33]

my goal is to be remembered as the spam king , if its not taken

[Peerzy]

yes true BUT

no matter how many decimal point u go to it still works 33.3333333333%X3=99.9999999999

33.3333333=99.9999999%

yet it is still 1/3 not equalling 1.

ha i beat the system AND Illuminati!

[Agrajag]

It's really 33.33 repeater, but thanks for the valiant effort. I would love to see the world of maths blown apart.

[seiya_33]

whats this "math" all of you are talking about

[Rat Faced]

I always thought it was .33 recurring

[Peerzy]

Originally posted by seiya_33@21 February 2004 - 23:20
my goal is to be remembered as the spam king , if its not taken
didnt Mad Cat already clame that in his span thread?

[4th gen]

1/3 is not finitely representable. That means there's not enough paper in the world to write down 1/3 exactly using decimal expression.

1/3 does not equal 33.33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333%

[Darth Sushi]

It's called a Non-terminating Decimal. (1÷3=0.3333333 bla, bla, bla ad infinitum)
Try 5÷11 :rolleyes:

[Peerzy]

Originally posted by Rat Faced@21 February 2004 - 23:23
I always thought it was .33 recurring
yeah but it doesnt matter. howevere many 3's it has its always not gonna equal 1 at the end!

thats the whole [point. Add a million 3's on and it still isnt 100%

[Agrajag]

So represent it as 100/3 and be done. There is no need to resolve the equation unless you choose to.

[4th gen]

Originally posted by peerzyboy+21 February 2004 - 22:26--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (peerzyboy @ 21 February 2004 - 22:26)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Rat Faced@21 February 2004 - 23:23
I always thought it was .33 recurring
yeah but it doesnt matter. howevere many 3&#39;s it has its always not gonna equal 1 at the end&#33;

thats the whole [point. Add a million 3&#39;s on and it still isnt 100% [/b][/quote]
You&#39;re missing the point, you can&#39;t correctly represent 1/3 as a decimal. Just like you can&#39;t correctly represent pi

[Peerzy]

o gr8 stamp on my happyness <_<

[4th gen]

Originally posted by peerzyboy@21 February 2004 - 22:48
o gr8 stamp on my happyness <_<
I&#39;d have said it was sheer defiance more than happiness :P

[Peerzy]

well it was My feeling so i know what it was and it wasnt either. it was either alchoal or some kinda highness on wakie bakie ;)

[Peerzy]

u stamped on my wakie bakie that cost me £20&#33; bastard :P