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May 11 2010 10:48pm
Quote (CPK001 @ May 11 2010 11:16pm)
This is now a +1 thread. A +1 thread is a spam thread. All spam threads should be locked. Therefore this thread should be locked.


Don't ruin my +1 mine.

edit: +33

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May 12 2010 01:19am
Quote (Taxidermy @ May 11 2010 11:48pm)
Don't ruin my +1 mine.

edit: +33


what about +1 threads?
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#453
May 12 2010 01:28am
Quote (Kahl4Prez @ 12 May 2010 01:19)
what about +1 threads?


0.99999 = 1,

it just does!!!
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#454
May 12 2010 02:49am
Quote (ass666 @ May 12 2010 02:28am)
0.99999 = 1,

it just does!!!



almost

+0.99999999999999999999...

(ya need that ... or else the number terminates and doesn't = 1)
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#455
May 12 2010 04:11am
+.9999999999999999999...

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#456
May 12 2010 05:31am
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Me irl
Substitute x with 0.999...
10x = 9.999...
9.999... - 0.999... = 9
9 divided by 9 = 1
x = 1


I explained this to a VCE maths teacher at my school and then a friend of mine, and here are their responses to it:

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Year 12 maths teacher
0.999... is a rounded version of 3/3, just like 0.333... is a rounded number of 1/3
1/3 is the exact value, and anyone who says 0.333... instead of 1/3, or 0.666... instead of 2/3 might as well round it off to 0.67 = 2/3


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Friend (in year 10)
You're wrong because you had to do all of these calculations to make it equal 1.
By itself, 0.999... does not equal 1.


Then again, I wasn't really expecting anything better from them...
A different year 12 maths teacher in my school said this:

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3.14159 is not an exact value of pi, it is a rounded value (this sentence is true).
The exact value of pi is 22/7 (this sentence is false).


Neither of them are exact values of pi, but 3.14159 is closer to pi than 22/7 is.

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#457
May 12 2010 05:38am
0,999* = 1

cos u' ve got no difference between it... 1 - 0,999* = 0,00000000........................

and the last 1 never come... cause there infinite numbers of 9 behind the 0,.
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May 12 2010 05:41am
Quote (Hammer_Hdin @ May 12 2010 09:31pm)
I explained this to a VCE maths teacher at my school and then a friend of mine, and here are their responses to it:





Then again, I wasn't really expecting anything better from them...
A different year 12 maths teacher in my school said this:



Neither of them are exact values of pi, but 3.14159 is closer to pi than 22/7 is.


Move schools. Any teacher that thinks 22/7 equals pi is clueless.
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May 12 2010 05:43am
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Move schools. Any teacher that thinks 22/7 equals pi is clueless.


Well, it's a christian school and some would argue that the fact that they believe in God makes them clueless.
But I don't have a say in it :(

Quote (emem @ May 12 2010 09:38pm)
0,999*  = 1

cos u' ve got no difference between it...  1 - 0,999*  =  0,00000000........................

and the last 1 never come... cause there infinite numbers of 9 behind the 0,.


Exactly!
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May 12 2010 05:52am
Quote (Hammer_Hdin @ May 12 2010 09:43pm)
Well, it's a christian school and some would argue that the fact that they believe in God makes them clueless.
But I don't have a say in it :(



Exactly!


Hah, religion and maths skill can co-exist! Just like Christianity and evolution. But let's not get off topic... :lol:
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