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Comment by mulmen

2 years ago

How does 2/3 - 1/3 not sum to 1/3? 2-1 is 1, right? What am I missing?

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mulmen

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eindiran  2 years ago

2 up quarks, so 2/3 * 2 -> 4/3. And then 4/3 - 1/3 = 3/3 = 1

  • mulmen  2 years ago

    Ah ha, I thought it was 1/3 per quark. Thanks.

  • lostemptations5  2 years ago

    Thanks I wondered the same

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