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submitted 2 years ago by Mercuri@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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Probably should've just asked Wolfram Alpha

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[–] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There are two meanings being conflated here.

"1/3 more" can mean "+ 1/3" or "* (1 + 1/3)“.

So "1/3 more than 1/3" could be 2/3 or 4/9, but not 1/2.

Instead 1/2 is 1/2 more than 1/3, not 1/3 more. That's the meme I've seen go around recently.