1 Divided By 3

Right, but you claim 33.333… % = 1/3 of a dozen.
We know 4 eggs is 1/3 of 12. EXACTLY 4 x 3 =12. But 33.333…% x 3 = 99.999…%

So you can not divide 1 into 3 equal parts to total 100% (1.0).

Now you are just squirming.

I said “one whole STACK into 3 STACKS” (keeping the same units).

And you are now arguing with your own claim by saying “1 divided by 3 = .333…”
We are disagreeing with that claim.

Irrelevant to the stack issue.

The fact that you cannot express the percentage has nothing to do with the fact that the stack gets divided.

I may as well start pretending that I do.

When did I say that 33.333~ % is the same as 1/3?

1/3 is a fraction that cannot be represented using any kind of base-10 expression (which also includes percentages, as pointed out by Observer earlier.)

It is 1 stack divided by 3, so each part is .333… of a stack.

Say a stack is from floor to ceiling. You cut the stack into 3 parts. Do you have 3 stacks? Hell no! A stack touches the ceiling, but after dividing the stack, each part is approximately 1/3 to the ceiling.
How can you claim you have 3 stacks when none of them come close to the ceiling?

You’re out there, dude!

Right, so you can’t divide 1.0 by 3 and have 3 thirds.

You CAN divide 1 by 3 but you cannot REPRESENT the result using base-10 notation. Base-10 is a limited system. It’s not capable of representing every number.

You’re fixating on base-10 for some reason. You’ve been told, numerous times in the past, that 1/3 can be expressed in other bases e.g. base 9. In base 9, 1/3 is 0.3.

That is YOUR claim - which is opposed to your prior claim that “1/3 =/= 0.333…”

So you are trying to say that no one can tumble a 3 block stack?

You should probably tell O’Biden and the Afghani government that - it might have helped against the Taliban.

I repeat!

More learnins:

Base 10: 1.0 / 10 = .10 so
.1 means .1 of 1.0
.2 means .2 of 1.0
.3 means .3 of 1.0
.4 means .4 of 1.0
.5 means .5 of 1.0
.6 means .6 of 1.0
.7 means .7 of 1.0
.8 means .8 of 1.0
.9 means .9 of 1.0
1.0 means 1.0 of 1.0

Base 9: 1.0 / 9 = .111… so
.1 means .111… of 1.0
.2 means .222… of 1.0
.3 means .333… of 1.0
.4 means .444… of 1.0
.5 means .555… of 1.0
.6 means .666… of 1.0
.7 means .777… of 1.0
.8 means .888… of 1.0
1.0 means .999…of 1.0

So to recap:

In base 9, .3 means .333… of 1.0, which means 3 of those parts equals .999… of 1.0
So in base 9, 1 divided by 3 is the same amount of pie as .333… is in base 10, which in both bases, 3 of those pieces are less than 100% of the pie.
Base 9 means 3 pieces of .3 equal 99.999…% of the pie, which is less than 100% of the pie!
So you can not cut a pie into 3 equal pieces, IN REALITY, IN ANY BASE!
Everyone good now? :slight_smile:

You are f’d up. Now changing to “tumbling a 3 block stack?” WTF

A stack is a unit that goes from floor to ceiling. You have 1 stack. You cut the stack into 3 pieces and put them next to each other. They are not stacks, they are 33.333…% of a stack! Pile them back up and you have…oh wait, now you only have 99.999…% of a stack, that doesn’t touch the ceiling! LOL

I am seriously considering the possibility that he never said – or at the very least, never meant to say – that 1/3 is not 0.3~. He just loves using it as a premise a bit too much.

You don’t have to. I already read your “proof”. Your “proof” that base 9 cannot represent 1/3 is based on the false premise that 1/9 is equal to 0.1~. That’s its fault.

That is exactly what I have been talking about - nothing changed.

Strawman anyone?

Is that what you default to when you lose a debate - obstinately persisting a strawman defense?

Your claim has become that no one can topple a 3 block stack. #-o
:laughing:

You really are from California - aren’t you. :-"

You cut a stack into 3 pieces, and then pile them back up and it doesn’t touch the ceiling anymore, so now you don’t even have the 1 stack that you started with!

You are F’d up dude.

Motor Daddy’s paradox.

Now you have merely become funny - doode. :laughing:

Who cares how many blocks are in 1 stack. The point is that a stack is from floor to ceiling. You cut the stack into 3 pieces of 33.333…% each, put them side by side on the floor. They are about 1/3 the distance from floor to ceiling, but you have 3 of them. Now stack them back up and they are 99.999…% of a stack, that ALMOST TOUCHES the ceiling. Now you are just shy of 1 stack!

Paradox that!!

If you only got 3 pieces of 33.333…% - you didn’t cut it into 3rds - but 4 parts - at least.

LOL :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

4 parts? What are the percentages of the 4 parts that equal 100% that you started with??

3 at 33.333…% plus at least 1 infinitesimal part.

So you are saying the stack was not divided into 3 equal parts? You are saying that 100% can’t be divided into 3 equal pieces? You are saying there are really 4 pieces? You think we should call it 3 pieces of 33.333… and 1 piece we’ll call the remainder? Sound good to you?