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[–] TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Click here if you don't understandThis graph represents three out of four ways to write ¾.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 12 points 2 days ago (7 children)
[–] zyratoxx@lemm.ee 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago
[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

oh god, whats the second way then?

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If I told you, I'd have to kill ¾ of you

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 1 points 2 days ago

that's a lot of horcruxes!

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

that's one of the options in the cartoon.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Yeah, option number 4 😎

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Should have asked about the second way, fool

[–] lath@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago
[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Binary: 0011/0100

Or with reciprocals: (4/3)^-1^

Or 75 basis points

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

"Three fourths"

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 6 points 2 days ago

But there are an infinite amount of ways to write that same amount. 6/8, 12/16, etc.