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#471
May 12 2010 06:24pm
Quote (MemoryOf @ May 12 2010 10:20am)
This is how we did it in my math class:
Let S=0.999..
100S=99.999...
100S-S=99.999... - 0.999...
99S = 99
S = 1


I enjoy this. *shrug*
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#472
May 12 2010 07:35pm
Quote (Kahl4Prez @ 12 May 2010 02:49)
almost

+0.99999999999999999999...

(ya need that ... or else the number terminates and doesn't = 1)


thank you for the correction lol, you're right.
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#473
May 12 2010 08:05pm
How many mathematicians does it take to screw in a light bulb?

.999999999...
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#474
May 12 2010 10:21pm
kinda funny
...*is not impressed...
logic fails
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#475
May 12 2010 10:25pm
0.999999.... = ∞

everytime you ad another decimal place, it increses the number by that number, only bringing it closer and closer to 1, but never getting to = 1
you will constantly increase the value of the number, making it an infinite number because it will never stop
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#476
May 13 2010 01:01am
There are several ways to prove that 0.999... = 1

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Argument from philosophy:
If two numbers are different, then you can fit another number between them, such as their average. But what number could you possibly fit between 0.999... and 1.000...?

Argument from algebra:
The expression 0.999... is some number; it has some value. Call this numerical value "x", so 0.999... = x. Multiply this equation by ten:

Argument from semantics:
A common objection is that, while 0.999... "gets arbitrarily close" to 1, it is never actually equal to 1. But what is meant by "gets arbitrarily close"? It's not like the number is moving at all; it is what it is, and it just sits there, looking at you. It doesn't "come" or "go" or "move" or "get close" to anything.




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http://www.purplemath.com/modules/howcan1.htm
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#477
May 13 2010 11:11am
mmm but what about the argument that it doesnt equal one, gg no re. How do you counter this way of thinking?

edit : +37

This post was edited by Taxidermy on May 13 2010 11:11am
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#478
May 13 2010 11:30am
Quote (Taxidermy @ May 13 2010 12:11pm)
mmm but what about the argument that it doesnt equal one, gg no re. How do you counter this way of thinking?

edit : +37


call them a dumbass and say GG and ignore all the people that disagree with your point of view...

oh wait, thats what they are basically doing...

well all is fair in love and math...
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#479
May 13 2010 05:00pm
Quote (Kahl4Prez @ May 14 2010 03:30am)
call them a dumbass and say GG and ignore all the people that disagree with your point of view...

oh wait, thats what they are basically doing...

well all is fair in love and math...


You want to be a part of this legendary troll homework thread also?
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#480
May 13 2010 05:43pm
Quote (syncmaster550 @ 12 May 2010 22:25)
0.999999.... = ∞

everytime you ad another decimal place, it increses the number by that number, only bringing it closer and closer to 1, but never getting to = 1
you will constantly increase the value of the number, making it an infinite number because it will never stop


this reminds me of Gabriels Trumpet, how does that work? Finite volume, infinite surface?
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