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How many days between the 1st and the 2nd?

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MagnusTheBrewer

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Jun 19, 2004
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The problem with your logic is that you're assuming people are thinking of the same clock hours as you are. Maybe you're thinking day one to day two was between nine o'clock AM and 25 hours later, ten o'clock AM. As shown in the thread, someone else may be thinking of 'between' at 11:59PM and 12:00AM.

Only literal ninnies would think in terms of minutes when the reference period is given in days.
 

OCGuy

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This could be the most failiest thread I have seen in quite a while.


.9999999... does not = 1 btw.
 

Rudee

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Apr 23, 2000
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There are no days "between" the 1st and the 2nd. If Monday is the 1st and Tuesday is the 2nd, there is no day between them.

You're talking dates, not days. There is 24 hours in 1 day. Between the 1st and the 2nd, 24 hours passes, thus 1 day.
 

D1gger

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Oct 3, 2004
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You're talking dates, not days. There is 24 hours in 1 day. Between the 1st and the 2nd, 24 hours passes, thus 1 day.

so between 11:59pm on the 1st and 12:01am on the 2nd there is 24 hours?:confused:
 

thecrecarc

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Aug 17, 2004
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Without a definite time within a day, the question assumes your talking about the entire day itself, as in, the entire 24 hour block that corresponds to a "day".
Then the question becomes "How many days are between the 24 block of day 1 and 24 hour block of day 2?", the answer of which is 0.
 

SlitheryDee

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Feb 2, 2005
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There is one 24 hour period between the official start of one day and the official start of the next. 24 hours is one day.
 

Locut0s

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Nov 28, 2001
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Depends on how you interpret the question.

Zero if the day inbetween has to be counted as a whole independent calendar day.

1 if you count it has how many hours inbetween the start of the "1st" and the start of the "2nd".
 

mugs

Lifer
Apr 29, 2003
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2 is unacceptable because you're comparing unlike terms. If you start at midnight on the first, you have to finish at midnight on the second. Even saying one is acceptable isn't correct, because you're forcing hourly measure, while setting it up as a day graduation.

Did you see the words in my post, or just the numbers?