1/3 = .333-[infinite]

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DeAndre Jordan took 21 free throws.
He hit 7 of them.
DeAndre Jordan made 1/3 of his free throws, exactly. It is not idealized as perfect, it is in fact the exact and precise description of DeAndre Jordan's abysmal free throwing accuracy in the game.
free throws are conceptual, they are not real nor are they naturally equivalent, their equivalence are purely our creation :sas2:
 
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free throws are conceptual, they are not real nor are they naturally equivalent, their equivalence are purely our creation :sas2:
Free throws aren't real?
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But seriously, do you honestly reject the very concept of fractions?
I mean, you want to get down to physics, consider water, in pure water, 1/3 of the atoms are oxygen.
Exactly, accurately, predictably.

I think the problem you have is not with the concept of 1/3 but with the way it is represented in the decimal system. That's a limitation of the system, it's just notation after all, I can explain to you (I think) why it makes sense for 0.333... to be equal to 1/3 (or 0.999...=1 if we really want to play that :mindblown: math game) but I want to make sure we're on the same page in regards to fractions, what they are and how real are they, cause we're not going to get anywhere otherwise.
 

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Free throws aren't real?
that each free throw is considered equivalent is an artifice of your volition, a rounding of energetic events to your satisfaction
this is the same thing as saying pi is equal to 3.14

Like I said before
But that depends on the scale of relevancy, theoretically no, but in the practical world there is a degree of satisfiability for any application

to say that every free throw is equivalent is nonsense in terms of what actually takes place during free throws
 
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that each free throw is considered equivalent is an artifice of your volition, a rounding of energetic events to your satisfaction
this is the same thing as saying pi is equal to 3.14

Like I said before


to say that every free throw is equivalent is nonsense in terms of what actually takes place during free throws
Numbers are an abstract concept, but they can be used to describe real things in the real world, and yeah, that includes fractions.
Either way, that doesn't even truly relate to the subject at hand, because it's not the fact there are real phenomenons that can be described using the number 1/3 which makes it equal to 0.333... it's the nature of infinity.

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Saying pi is 3.14 is an approximation.
Same as 0.33 is an approximation of 1/3, so is 0.33333, 0.33333333 and 0.3333333333333333333, but 0.3333...(till infinity) isn't, and that's the whole point.
 

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Saying pi is 3.14 is an approximation.
Same as 0.33 is an approximation of 1/3, so is 0.33333, 0.33333333 and 0.3333333333333333333, but 0.3333...(till infinity) isn't, and that's the whole point.
right, saying that every free throw is the same is an approximation, denoted by an ideal numeral designation
 
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right, saying that every free throw is the same is an approximation, denoted by an ideal numeral designation
It's not an approximation, it's just a definition.
You define what constitute a DeAndre Jordan's free throw (any shot awarded from the foul lines, not counting shots that had to be retaken due to lane violation etc.), you can come up with as accurate of a description as you desire, but regardless of how you define it and how you define a made free throw, if he took 3 and made 1, he made 1/3, exactly, that number very accurately describe the ratio between the size of the two sets you defined (made free throws and attempted free throws) regardless of how you chose to define them.

But again, I'm not sure I fully understand how any of that relate to the question of whether or not 0.333... equals 1/3, as we already seen that we can see 1/3 is nature.
 
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