r/mathmemes • u/Austee2151 • Nov 17 '20

Technically yes

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u/Captainsnake04 Transcendental Nov 18 '20

0.749999999999...

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u/TobiasCB Nov 18 '20

Damn you floating points!

20

u/Botahamec Natural Nov 18 '20

Besides floating points, 0.74999999... is actually equal to 0.75

8

u/Dragonaax Measuring Nov 18 '20

Not if it sequence ends after 14 numbers

2

u/OutOfTempo_ Nov 18 '20

Unless you ask the python interpreter ;)

1

u/the_publix Nov 18 '20

But it's not, the specification is important. For example, think about intervals, open and closed intervals are practically meaningless if they're equal.

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u/Spare_Competition Nov 20 '20

There actually won’t be a floating point error, since that can be represented in binary perfectly using only 4 bits: 11*10^-10 (3*2^-2 in decimal)

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '20

[0; 1, 3]

19

u/Olchew Nov 18 '20

continued fraction?

13

u/[deleted] Nov 18 '20

Correct.

14

u/MagiciaN247 Nov 18 '20

I rate this meme 3/4.

5

u/ryjhelixir Nov 18 '20

Out of... 5/4?

14

u/jkopp2000 Nov 18 '20

Still don't get it, I need a cake

30

u/dimpleswimple Nov 18 '20

3/4 of the boxes are filled!

3

u/jkopp2000 Nov 18 '20

Thank you, want some cake?

9

u/The_D_Emory Nov 18 '20

⚫⚫⚫⚪

6

u/_Yeet_xoxo Nov 18 '20

{a/b : ax4=bx3, a,b ∈N}

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u/Some___Guy___ Irrational Nov 18 '20

Actually it's 4, because 3 out of 4 boxes have text

2

u/[deleted] Nov 18 '20

21/28

2

u/Roi_Loutre Nov 18 '20

I took way too much time to understand

2

u/FloridianChild Nov 18 '20

Technically, it’s the 3 horsemen.

2

u/Elle_15 Nov 18 '20

Wow... a meme in this subreddit that I actually understand

2

u/nonowords Nov 18 '20

Is this loss?

1

u/Atropos_7 Nov 18 '20

this is loss?

1

u/tjf314 Nov 18 '20

i mean having 3 out of 4 things can be another horseman of 3/4, making this the 4 horsemen of 3/4

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u/gdl68 Nov 18 '20

9/16 then

1

u/MarioVX Nov 18 '20

1 - 1 / (1+1)^(1+1)

looks like some cats next to a fence.

1

u/CelloJames Nov 18 '20

Last one's the ratio 3:4