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Kane said:

c = 2

10c= 2

10c -c = 8

8c/8 = 1.

c = c

1 = 2

hahaha WHAT?

 

Let c=2.

10c=20.

10c-c=18.

9c/9=2

c=c

2=2



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twilit said:
dtewi said:
Yes, 0.999999999............... does equal 1.

Let's use a simple algebraeic equation.

Let c = 0.999...

10c= 9.9999.....

10c -c = 9

9c/9 = 1.

c = c

1 = 0.999...

If you knew the answer what was the point of this thread...

 

 

Wrong again, once you multiply c *10, theoretically at the end of the infinite 9's there would be a zero.  Which is why 9.... or 9-bar is not .9999999 infinite, it's a symbol for a number that can't be expressed in decimal terms.

 



I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.

You people are crazy...even if it's not how you denote a repeating decimal, it's definitely widely accepted enough that .3333...... meant .3-bar or however you type that on a keyboard.

He made like 10 decimals for crying out loud.

I don't think they're equal... .3 repeating is as close as you could ever get to 1/3...like infinitely close, but I don't think it technically equals 1/3. I don't know, I haven't taken math theory.



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You're essentially asking whether the limit of the sequence 0.9 * (0.1^n) is equal to 1 with n starting at 0 and going to infinity ... the answer is yes, but in order to prove it you must first take calculus

The sequence  0.5 * (0.5^n) is also equal to 1 with n starting at 0 and going to infinity



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Well, who cares really, unless someone is a mathmatician.



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HappySqurriel said:

You're essentially asking whether the limit of the sequence 0.9 * (0.1^n) is equal to 1 with n starting at 0 and going to infinity ... the answer is yes, but in order to prove it you must first take calculus

The sequence  0.5 * (0.5^n) is also equal to 1 with n starting at 0 and going to infinity

And when you get into number theory you'll find out why that is an oversimplification that we use to express numbers.

 



I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.

YEs it is... Next question



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steven787 said:
twilit said:
dtewi said:
Yes, 0.999999999............... does equal 1.

Let's use a simple algebraeic equation.

Let c = 0.999...

10c= 9.9999.....

10c -c = 9

9c/9 = 1.

c = c

1 = 0.999...

If you knew the answer what was the point of this thread...

 

 

Wrong again, once you multiply c *10, theoretically at the end of the infinite 9's there would be a zero.  Which is why 9.... or 9-bar is not .9999999 infinite, it's a symbol for a number that can't be expressed in decimal terms.

 

Theoretically, if infinity has no end, how is there zero at the end of it?

 



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