Dumb Arithmetic

Published on August 5, 2020

Categories: math

Debuggery

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You can divide 12 into 3rds or 4ths evenly.

But, if you take 1/3rd from 12 (= 4) and add it to 12, you get 16, which can't evenly divide into 3rds (but can into 4ths.) If you take 1/4th of 12 (= 3) and add it to 12, you get 15, which can't evenly divide into 4ths (but can into 3rds.)

Does this point at anything interesting, or am I just a dingus?