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Can 1/3 and 1/3 = 2/6? It seemed so (2020)
- thanatos519 4y agoI got a 404 but then found https://marilynburnsmath.com/can-1-3-1-3-2-6-it-seemed-so/ https://marilynburnsmath.com/can-1-3-1-3-2-6-it-seemed-so/
- layer8 4y agoPrevious discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23310281 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23310281 To me the crucial thing to point out is that 1/3 != 1/6, even if in the example it’s the same “one” (person). Otherwise 1/n would be the same for any n — just add more people. Admittedly it’s hard to wrap one’s head around that, given the presentation, if one is new to fractions.