This thread should not have carried on this long... it runs along the lines of the concept of infinity in that 1 / 3 (for example) is an absolute number... but when converted to its decimal form there is an infinite number of decimal places, and this number no longer is exact, therefore 3 * .333333333.... = 1 is inaccurate due to the inability to have infinite decimal places
This post was edited by Scorch1272 on May 31 2010 05:15pm