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Originally posted by: The Green Bean
Why isnt 0.22222.... = 1? Since there is not end to the twos, you might as well equate it to 1.
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Because there is an untold number of numbers between 0.222... and 1.

One, for instance, being .333...

Another being .5

And yet another being .874844949829949

Your turn: Give me a number between .999... and 1.

I have to ask, but are you even trying to understand this, or are you just trying to be an ass?
 
.9999.. = 1

if you don't beleive that then

you = idiot

/thread

But seriously, this is true by the definition of the real numbers. You don't need some fancy mathematical proof, or a complicated though expiriment, all you need is a dictionarry.
 
Originally posted by: jbourne77
Originally posted by: The Green Bean
Why isnt 0.22222.... = 1? Since there is not end to the twos, you might as well equate it to 1.
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Because there is an untold number of numbers between 0.222... and 1.

One, for instance, being .333...

Another being .5

And yet another being .874844949829949

Your turn: Give me a number between .999... and 1.

I have to ask, but are you even trying to understand this, or are you just trying to be an ass?
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I don't think he wants to understand. He's just throwing around idiotic questions that have been answered over and over. But your post is correct.
 
Originally posted by: torpid
Has ATOT ever addressed the infamous let's make a deal do you switch or not puzzle? That one is a good one.
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I've never heard of it...

So do we put it here or start a new thread 😀 ?
 
Originally posted by: RapidSnail
Originally posted by: torpid
Has ATOT ever addressed the infamous let's make a deal do you switch or not puzzle? That one is a good one.
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The one with the goats and car?
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Oh god... well frankly though, I think the Monty Hall problem has enough widespread coverage on the internet that we do not need to cover it here. But I'm sure it would be a very painful experience.
 
Originally posted by: Born2bwire
Originally posted by: RapidSnail
Originally posted by: torpid
Has ATOT ever addressed the infamous let's make a deal do you switch or not puzzle? That one is a good one.
Click to expand...

The one with the goats and car?
Click to expand...

Oh god... well frankly though, I think the Monty Hall problem has enough widespread coverage on the internet that we do not need to cover it here. But I'm sure it would be a very painful experience.
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There's really no debating it anyway.
 
Originally posted by: RapidSnail
Originally posted by: Born2bwire
Originally posted by: RapidSnail
Originally posted by: torpid
Has ATOT ever addressed the infamous let's make a deal do you switch or not puzzle? That one is a good one.
Click to expand...

The one with the goats and car?
Click to expand...

Oh god... well frankly though, I think the Monty Hall problem has enough widespread coverage on the internet that we do not need to cover it here. But I'm sure it would be a very painful experience.
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There's really no debating it anyway.
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There is if it is worded poorly, as it is in many cases.
 
Originally posted by: jbourne77
Originally posted by: The Green Bean
Why isnt 0.22222.... = 1? Since there is not end to the twos, you might as well equate it to 1.
Click to expand...

Because there is an untold number of numbers between 0.222... and 1.

One, for instance, being .333...

Another being .5

And yet another being .874844949829949

Your turn: Give me a number between .999... and 1.

I have to ask, but are you even trying to understand this, or are you just trying to be an ass?
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The Green Bean's post shows that he really has put no thought whatsoever into the question. For some reason everyone likes to come out and debate the issue using extremely vague terminology rather than rigorous mathematical notation.
 
There is no proof to prove there exists a number between .9999 repeating and 1.
If you put a 1 behind however many 9s there are, it's not infinite, it's a number just like 0.1.
.9 repeating is infinite because it never ends.
 
Originally posted by: VIAN
I don't think it is.

1 can theoretically equal .999999999, but it is not equal.
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You're most likely associating 1 and 9, and thinking to yourself how a string of 9's can equal 1. The better way to look at it would be to see .9bar as a decimal representation of the number 1, just as .2 is the decimal representation of 1/5.
 
It is also possible that there are infinite numbers between .999~ and 1.

There is always another 9 on the end 😛 So, no its never = to 1

Count to .999~ and tell me when you run out of #'s btwn your # and 1. 😀
 
Originally posted by: VIAN
I don't think it is.

1 can theoretically equal .999999999, but it is not equal.
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.999999999 != .999...

And if you meant .999... well, you're wrong. BTW, what is the difference between "theoretically" equal and just equal? 😕
 
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