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Re:No One Wanted A&W's Third-Pound Burger (2016) by feoren on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @04:08PM (#28530363)
But it's not a 1/12th more, it's 1/3 more. 1/3 is 33% more than 1/4.
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Re:No One Wanted A&W's Third-Pound Burger (2016) by 6nf on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @04:26PM (#28530589)
Even HN people struggle with fractions evidently!
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Re:No One Wanted A&W's Third-Pound Burger (2016) by foofoo55 on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @04:33PM (#28530673)
A&W should have just called it the "Quarter-plus pounder".
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Re:No One Wanted A&W's Third-Pound Burger (2016) by mb7733 on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @04:37PM (#28530730)
It's a 1/12th of a pound more.
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Re:No One Wanted A&W's Third-Pound Burger (2016) by jcelerier on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @06:15PM (#28532208)
"1/3 to 1/4 is [...] how much more", as is, is ambiguous: on some cultures, "how much more" may depend on the local field of reference (1/3), and on others on the global one (1)
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Re:No One Wanted A&W's Third-Pound Burger (2016) by rdtwo on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @10:52AM (#28539889)
That conclusion requires fraction devision which most folks can’t do in their head. The HN crowd can but it still takes some thought
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