Innumeracy strikes again
Recently reported in an article in the Independent Online Edition:
Two divided by three makes 0.666 recurring (allegedly – actually it makes 0.6666666667).
Uh. . . . bwah? Is this some journalist’s attempt to “fact check” using his handy-dandy pocket calculator? Because, while it’s true that your TI will say that two divided by three is “.6666666667,” this is only because the calculator lacks the basic capacity to deal with infinite numbers! It’s called estimation.
The original (and mostly banal) article is here – 23 fascinating facts about the number twenty-three.
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