Posted on 10/07/2023 3:40:59 AM PDT by george76
“It is the same as 5 divided by 6, or 5 out of 6. Your solution of .83333 is correct. 5 is 83.3% of 6.”
Incorrect 5/6 is not 83.3%. 5/6 cannot be represented as a decimal because of the repeating numbers. To deal with that error, computers calculate out to many decimal places but that only reduces the error.
Rounding error in computers eventually bites you in the butt.
Easy 1/2 + 1/3 = 7
or 2/5ths
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