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A simple question.
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RE: A simple question.
(March 18, 2011 at 2:13 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Yes, it would be infinitely long (equal to 0.333...)

Whether a metre long segment can be split into three equal parts is probably not something that this sort of maths can sort out. Firstly, although we are splitting 1 segment, that 1 segment is made up of trillions upon trillions of atoms. If those atoms were arranged in a perfect order, and were of an amount divisible by three, then you could theoretically split the segment into three (each piece having the same amount of atoms).

Yeah, except if the number of atoms that form the stick is not divisible by 3 Smile

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A simple question. - by Tiberius - April 11, 2010 at 10:58 pm
RE: A simple question. - by tavarish - April 11, 2010 at 11:28 pm
RE: A simple question. - by Dotard - April 11, 2010 at 11:29 pm
RE: A simple question. - by The_Flying_Skeptic - April 11, 2010 at 11:29 pm
RE: A simple question. - by theblindferrengi - April 11, 2010 at 11:48 pm
RE: A simple question. - by Tiberius - April 11, 2010 at 11:56 pm
RE: A simple question. - by Violet - April 12, 2010 at 7:06 am
RE: A simple question. - by Dotard - April 12, 2010 at 7:40 am
RE: A simple question. - by Tiberius - April 12, 2010 at 7:48 am
RE: A simple question. - by Dotard - April 12, 2010 at 8:00 am
RE: A simple question. - by Tiberius - April 12, 2010 at 8:05 am
RE: A simple question. - by Xyster - April 12, 2010 at 8:07 am
RE: A simple question. - by The_Flying_Skeptic - April 12, 2010 at 3:38 pm
RE: A simple question. - by Tiberius - April 12, 2010 at 3:47 pm
RE: A simple question. - by The_Flying_Skeptic - April 12, 2010 at 3:48 pm
RE: A simple question. - by Edwardo Piet - April 13, 2010 at 10:53 am
RE: A simple question. - by Violet - April 13, 2010 at 3:05 pm
RE: A simple question. - by Edwardo Piet - April 14, 2010 at 10:14 am
RE: A simple question. - by Violet - April 14, 2010 at 10:32 am
RE: A simple question. - by Edwardo Piet - April 14, 2010 at 10:42 am
RE: A simple question. - by Violet - April 22, 2010 at 7:59 am
RE: A simple question. - by The_Flying_Skeptic - April 14, 2010 at 12:22 pm
RE: A simple question. - by aufis - April 20, 2010 at 3:25 am
RE: A simple question. - by Tiberius - April 20, 2010 at 8:36 am
RE: A simple question. - by theblindferrengi - April 20, 2010 at 8:55 am
RE: A simple question. - by Zhalentine - April 20, 2010 at 9:12 am
RE: A simple question. - by Tiberius - April 20, 2010 at 9:25 am
RE: A simple question. - by aufis - April 22, 2010 at 2:35 am
RE: A simple question. - by Tiberius - April 22, 2010 at 7:31 am
RE: A simple question. - by Tiberius - April 22, 2010 at 8:05 am
RE: A simple question. - by Violet - April 23, 2010 at 6:33 pm
RE: A simple question. - by The_Flying_Skeptic - April 23, 2010 at 7:03 pm
RE: A simple question. - by Violet - April 24, 2010 at 5:26 am
RE: A simple question. - by aufis - April 23, 2010 at 3:02 am
RE: A simple question. - by Tiberius - April 23, 2010 at 10:15 pm
RE: A simple question. - by Zenith - March 11, 2011 at 10:06 pm
RE: A simple question. - by Tiberius - March 12, 2011 at 10:46 am
RE: A simple question. - by Zenith - March 12, 2011 at 11:17 am
RE: A simple question. - by Tiberius - March 12, 2011 at 11:57 am
RE: A simple question. - by Zenith - March 12, 2011 at 1:30 pm
RE: A simple question. - by LastPoet - March 12, 2011 at 4:01 pm
RE: A simple question. - by Zenith - March 12, 2011 at 5:07 pm
RE: A simple question. - by LastPoet - March 13, 2011 at 7:24 am
RE: A simple question. - by Zenith - March 15, 2011 at 8:53 am
RE: A simple question. - by Tiberius - March 15, 2011 at 2:22 pm
RE: A simple question. - by Zenith - March 15, 2011 at 6:06 pm
RE: A simple question. - by Tiberius - March 16, 2011 at 7:01 pm
RE: A simple question. - by Zenith - March 17, 2011 at 10:38 am
RE: A simple question. - by Tiberius - March 17, 2011 at 5:02 pm
RE: A simple question. - by Zenith - March 18, 2011 at 1:25 pm
RE: A simple question. - by theVOID - March 15, 2011 at 3:40 pm
RE: A simple question. - by theVOID - March 15, 2011 at 6:20 pm
RE: A simple question. - by Zenith - March 16, 2011 at 4:38 pm
RE: A simple question. - by theVOID - March 16, 2011 at 4:53 pm
RE: A simple question. - by Tiberius - March 18, 2011 at 2:13 pm
RE: A simple question. - by Zenith - March 18, 2011 at 3:30 pm

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