Probably should’ve just asked Wolfram Alpha

    • Zagorath@aussie.zone
      271·
      13 hours ago

      “a half is one-third more than a third” should mean either

      1/3 + 1/3 = 1/2

      Or

      1/3 + (1/3 × 1/3) = 1/2

      Neither of which is true.

      • lad@programming.devEnglish
        2·
        7 hours ago

        I feel like ‘a half is one-third more than a third’ is ambiguous and same as in ‘X is N% more than Y’ one may use X or Y as 100%

        I’m sure that one interpretation is more common, but I don’t think that it is exclusively correct

        • Zagorath@aussie.zone
          2·
          7 hours ago

          Basically, “X is one-third more than Y” means either X = (4/3) × Y or X = Y + 1/3. I’m fine with either interpretation.

          The problem is that with the values of X and Y in this example, neither interpretation produces a valid equation.