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  1. 07-23-2006, 04:49 AM #1
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    Default Question of the day

    Does .999999...~ = 1 ?
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    Jeez...my head FINALLY stops hurting from the last time this question showed up, and you bring it back again, Thanks. Thanks a lot.

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    <a href="http://forums.eyesonff.com/showthread.php?t=45989">Oh, lord.</a>

    I am of the personal opinion that it does.
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    God. I hated the last thread about this.
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    4-8-15-16-23-42
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    Where's Unne when you need him.
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    well if you use a calculator it equals the same number .999999... so I guess it's .000001 to short, no matter the number of 9's that go on, it will always be short by .1 of being equal to 1. or am I wrong?
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    Quote Originally Posted by N8V_Tidus25
    well if you use a calculator it equals the same number .999999... so I guess it's .000001 to short, no matter the number of 9's that go on, it will always be short by .1 of being equal to 1. or am I wrong?
    Yes, because the number of 9s that go on is infinite, therefore the number of 0s before a 1 that it would take to get the number up to 1 is infinite, therefore it takes .0000000~ to get to 1, which means that .99999~ = 1.
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    .33333... = 1/3

    .33333... X 3 = .999999... = 3/3 = 1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aradae
    Does .999999...~ = 1 ?
    If you say yes, then you are saying that 1 = 2 and 3 = 7,302 and 1,304,632 = -42.

    Simple as that.

    Place value... 0.999... < 1.000... because 0 < 1.

    Refute that with something more complicated and I most likely won't understand you anyway.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aradae
    .33333... = 1/3

    .33333... X 3 = .999999... = 3/3 = 1
    Sure, use this one.

    I'm not very good at wording things like this. Go into the thread linked in Kirobaito's post to get your answer.

    Yes, .999...! = 1.
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    .999999 = .99 repeating

    .99 rounded = 1

    I suck at math.
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    I refuse to grace math with my wonderful presence.

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    What is the question to the ultimate answer of life, the univers and everything?
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    I don't really know what you just asked. What is the meaning of life and the answer to the universe?

    Easily the result is 42.
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