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    Quote Originally Posted by Arche
    SeedRankLou: Simplifying the final solution makes sense (and makes things more readable too), although I wouldn't say working in simplest terms all the time is necessary during the working out stage of your solution.
    Quote Originally Posted by SeedRankLou
    and one of them is that all terms and equations must end as their simplest form.
    That applies in no way to intermediate steps. I agree with you completely. In fact, there exist many equations that can only be solved by not simplifying terms in intermediate steps.

    To Flying Mullet, Moo Moo the New Cow, and omnitarian: The idea of the numbers .999.... and .000....1 being infinite are very fiesible, if written correctly.

    (Please forgive these equations, I don't know how to type math symbols)
    .999....=(Reiman Sum) 9/(10^n) where n goes from 1 to infinity.
    .000....1=1/(10^infinity)
    Last edited by SeeDRankLou; 05-11-2004 at 11:00 PM.

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