0.9999.... = 1.0

[AbbathTheGrim]

Jay520 said:

AbbathTheGrim said:

Jay520 said:

AbbathTheGrim said:
But the difference between 0.9999... and 1 is .1 not 0. 

 

At no point will you ever reach ....0001.

But I think it can, you just need:

0.9 + 0.1 = 1

I'm not sure what you mean, but I'll try to understand.

Let's change that 0.9 to 0.999 (infinite 9s). If the 1 were to remain 1, what would 0.1 have to change to? 

It would have to change to 0.000000.....

I don't know, it is just that adding "0" to something doesn't increase or decrease anything. Thinking about differences is what a number has that the other don't. When it comes to infinite numbers well, I guess that it would come down to someone writing the numbers until just before that person's death and in his final moments adding that .0000000000000000000000001, I guess. Maybe infinte numbers are not supposed to have a difference compared to other numbers. I sincerely don't know. I am just here boosting post count.