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Question: If 1/2 of 5 is 3, then what is 1/3 of 10?

Answer 1

`3`, `4`, a herring, or anything else you like.

Explanation:

In normal rational arithmetic `1/2` or `5` is `5/2 = 2.5`. The result could be taken as `3` if we choose to round up.

Then `1/3` of `10` is `10/3 = 3.bar(3)`. If we round to the nearest value then we get `3`. If we always round non-integers up, then we get `4`.

If we simply take the antecedant "`1/2` of `5` is `3`" to be false, then we can deduce any consequent, e.g. that `1/3` of `10` is a herring or anything else we choose.