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Is 1 = 0.9999......

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Why should they kill it? It's more educational than 99% of the stuff on ATOT. Besides, everyone must know that .999... = 1 before they die
 
Saying 1 = 0.999... is like saying you're not a virgin when you've only received a BJ. It may have the same basic phyiscal value, but it's just not quite there... 😛
 
Originally posted by: Beau
Saying 1 = 0.999... is like saying you're not a virgin when you've only received a BJ. It may have the same basic phyiscal value, but it's just not quite there... 😛
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So technically Clinton didn't have sex. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Beau
Saying 1 = 0.999... is like saying you're not a virgin when you've only received a BJ. It may have the same basic phyiscal value, but it's just not quite there... 😛
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Well said. Case closed.
 
Originally posted by: Shelly21
Originally posted by: Beau
Saying 1 = 0.999... is like saying you're not a virgin when you've only received a BJ. It may have the same basic phyiscal value, but it's just not quite there... 😛
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So technically Clinton didn't have sex. 🙂
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Clinton did not have sexual relations with that woman. He got a BJ and SPEWED it onto her dress but that doesn't constitute sexual relations. You must define the terms carefully.

Also 0.9999... != 1.

I think so, my math teacher showed us that it does = 1 it seemed to make sense.
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You're like a lemming... jsut because a teacher shows you something, doesn't mean that its right. Use your own judgement... dammit, THINK for youself!!!
 
Originally posted by: bleeb
You're like a lemming... jsut because a teacher shows you something, doesn't mean that its right. Use your own judgement... dammit, THINK for youself!!!
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Wha.. Did you just call me a l... OOOOOO! I'm not a... OOOOOOO!! I can't bel..... OOOOOOO!!!

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but 1 is still equal to 0.9999....

😛
 
Originally posted by: Kyteland
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
1492 was a historical number wasn't it?
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Of course. It was the year Piero della Francesca died.
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nope... that was the year when my great-great-great-great..tt.t.................great grandma was born....
 
382 yes it is

470 innumerate voters in OT (many who probably don't realize that math isn't a democracy... votes don't matter)

Why is it that it's a math problem, and the people who majored in math in college (and did well in college) all know that .999repeating equals exactly 1. But there are a bunch of people who *didn't* major in math in college who insist that they're right. Unfortunately the people who didn't major in math seem rather incapable of understanding all the valid proofs offered by the math majors. And the non-math majors seem to think they can offer proofs about things they just don't understand.

I can't figure that out. If there was a thread about what a female orgasm felt like, and I started telling all the females that they were wrong, then insisted I was right... I'd look like an idiot. If I went to a thread about how to fix a car engine (which I really don't know much about) and insisted that the mechanics who were posting there were idiots (or lemmings, or whatever), I'd look like an idiot. Don't the people claiming that .999repeating doesn't equal 1 realize that they look like idiots?!?

I just hope there is a God. Because if there is, he's definitely pretty good at math (look how perfect he got things for the universe to exist as it is.) And I hope that when you all get to the pearly gates, St Peter is there and says "Ok, the Bibles have it all wrong, it's not based on morals. To get into heaven, you've gotta answer just one question. Is .999repeating equal to 1?"
 
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
This thread is really l o n g..........................................................................................................................................................................
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Y e s i t i s ! ! !
 
Originally posted by: bleeb
Originally posted by: Shelly21
Originally posted by: Beau
Saying 1 = 0.999... is like saying you're not a virgin when you've only received a BJ. It may have the same basic phyiscal value, but it's just not quite there... 😛
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I think so, my math teacher showed us that it does = 1 it seemed to make sense.
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You're like a lemming... jsut because a teacher shows you something, doesn't mean that its right. Use your own judgement... dammit, THINK for youself!!!
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WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM? READ THE POST! I SAID I THINK SO, NOT "MY TEACHER SAYS IT IS" IT WAS MY OWN JUDGEMENT. SORRY IF THAT IS MY OPINION.
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