Re: Letter to the Editor: The truth of ID is self-evident

On 11 Feb 2006 08:59:17 -0800, "rja.carnegie@xxxxxxxxxx"
<rja.carnegie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[...] There also is no
such number as 22/7. The numerator of a fraction can only be a smaller
number, and furthermore 7 is a prime, so it does not divide.

Very wrong. The numerator and denominator of a fraction can be any
size, provided the denominator is not zero. In grade school, we were
taught that numerators were smaller than denominators in "proper"
fractions, but I have learned from experience that such teaching is
hogwash. "22/7" is much easier to deal with when doing actual
calculations than the equivalent "3 and 1/7" that Mrs. Northon
insisted was the correct answer.

And yes, 7 does divide 22. It does not do so evenly, but numbers are
sometimes like that. And it does not matter that 7 is prime; 21/7
would divide evenly, and 7 is just as prime there.

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exposing the country to danger." -- Hermann Goering

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