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If a little fiddling and diddling could turn every mixed number into a whole number,

the decimal point would never have been invented, because it would never be

needed.

The only way to make a whole number out of 14.762 is to throw away the .762 part.

But that idea never caught on. Because if I owe you $14.762 and it's time for

me to pay up, and I say "Here's your $14 and I know how much you like whole

numbers so I'll just dump the other $.762 back into my pocket.", I have a hunch

that you would suddenly come to appreciate the importance of decimal points

and mixed numbers.

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∙ 14y ago

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