New Proof that 1 = .999999999 Repeating

[Goosemaster]

2+2=5

 

[Philippine Mango]

OMFG 1 Does NOT = .9999999^

 

[Howard]

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[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: venk
The difference between 1 and .9 is 1/10 or .1
The difference between 1 and .99 is 1/100 or .01
The difference between 1 and .999 is 1/1000 or .001

Therefore


The difference between 1 and .99999 Repeating is 1/infinity or 0

Therefore 1 = .99999 Repeating


CLIFFS
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1-.9 = .1
1 - .99 = .01
1- .999 = .001
1 - .9999 Repeating = 0

it only equals zero for people too lazy to write out the whole number :|

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Tom
.99 repeating isn't a number.

Why not?

 

[cjgallen]

Originally posted by: venk
The difference between 1 and .99999 Repeating is 1/infinity or 0

It wouldn't be zero, it'd just be an exponentially small fraction.

[Napoleon Dynamite]Friggin idiot![/Napoleon Dynamite]

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: cjgallen

Originally posted by: venk
The difference between 1 and .99999 Repeating is 1/infinity or 0

It wouldn't be zero, it'd just be an exponentially small fraction.

[Napoleon Dynamite]Friggin idiot![/Napoleon Dynamite]

You're saying 1/infinity isn't zero?

lim x -> infinity of 1/10^x != 0?

 

[glenn1]

The difference between 1 and .99999 Repeating is 1/infinity or 0

Therefore 1 = .99999 Repeating

By the same logic, the difference .9999999~8 and .9999999~ is 1/infinity = 0 therefore it's the same as .9999~ which is the same as 1, ditto for .9999999~7 and .9999999~6 and .9999999~5 and so forth, which thus all equal 1. Congratulations, you've just made the concept of numbers irrelevant.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: glenn1

The difference between 1 and .99999 Repeating is 1/infinity or 0

Therefore 1 = .99999 Repeating

By the same logic, the difference .9999999~8 and .9999999~ is 1/infinity = 0 therefore it's the same as .9999~ which is the same as 1, ditto for .9999999~7 and .9999999~6 and .9999999~5 and so forth, which thus all equal 1. Congratulations, you've just made the concept of numbers irrelevant.

What the heck is .9999~8?

 

[krazzypanda]

so 1 cookie equals to .999 cookies?

 

[Malak]

So does .99R x 23421 = 23421?












[uhf]NO! YOU SO STUPID![/uhf]

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: silverpig
*sigh*

You're wrong. It's not philosophy, it's math. 1 = .999... and that is that.


This thread ends *now*

In logic, 1 = 1, and .999... would not equal 1. Since .9999... is a different number than 1, it cannot be 1.


An infinite number of 9's following the decimal point means that in each digit, the "9" indicates that it falls short of "10". It is infinite 9's.... there is no 10. It misses 1 by an infinitely small number, which is math is not significant. But in logic, it is significant.

your logic is flawed because you do not take into account the meaning of infinity.

 

[mjrpes3]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude


your logic is flawed because you do not take into account the meaning of infinity.

What's the point in saying you're wrong because of x, without explaining x?

 

[beer]

No one - NO ONE - has provided even the slightest proof as to why .9999.... does not equal one. Meanwhile, those that contend that .99999 = 1 have provided at least a rough proof indicating why.

A logical person would believe the latter.

Edit, for what it's worth, glenn1 is a fricking moron. .9999~8 or whatever, is not equal to .99999..... .9999999.... cannot be represented as anything other noninteger number other than .9999999....

Him trying to do so invalidates the concept of numbers - not the 'proof' (if you can call it that) that he claims to present. Congratulations, he just failed 8th grade math.

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: beer
No one - NO ONE - has provided even the slightest proof as to why .9999.... does not equal one. Meanwhile, those that contend that .99999 = 1 have provided at least a rough proof indicating why.

A logical person would believe the latter.

Edit, for what it's worth, glenn1 is a fricking moron. .9999~8 or whatever, is not equal to .99999..... .9999999.... cannot be represented as anything other noninteger number other than .9999999....

Him trying to do so invalidates the concept of numbers - not the 'proof' (if you can call it that) that he claims to present. Congratulations, he just failed 8th grade math.

Actually I think it's the other way around. Just because some guy teaching a math class says it's true doesn't mean it is. Any logical person would look at it and say you are crazy. 1 = 1, .99R = .99R, no two different things equal each other.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: krazzypanda
so 1 cookie equals to .999 cookies?

.999 cookies is like 1 cookie missing a crumb... Oh noes!!11one!!

 

[element]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: glenn1

The difference between 1 and .99999 Repeating is 1/infinity or 0

Therefore 1 = .99999 Repeating

By the same logic, the difference .9999999~8 and .9999999~ is 1/infinity = 0 therefore it's the same as .9999~ which is the same as 1, ditto for .9999999~7 and .9999999~6 and .9999999~5 and so forth, which thus all equal 1. Congratulations, you've just made the concept of numbers irrelevant.

What the heck is .9999~8?

it's what the village idiot that doesn't understand the concept of infinity writes.

PSA: if you haven't gotten that 0.9999...=1 yet you are officially a dumbass. Mods should lock and sticky that statement at the top of off topic and lock all bandwidth killing useless posts like this in the future.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: beer
No one - NO ONE - has provided even the slightest proof as to why .9999.... does not equal one. Meanwhile, those that contend that .99999 = 1 have provided at least a rough proof indicating why.

A logical person would believe the latter.

Edit, for what it's worth, glenn1 is a fricking moron. .9999~8 or whatever, is not equal to .99999..... .9999999.... cannot be represented as anything other noninteger number other than .9999999....

Him trying to do so invalidates the concept of numbers - not the 'proof' (if you can call it that) that he claims to present. Congratulations, he just failed 8th grade math.

wtf crawled up your ass? you flunk 1st grade citizenship.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

whoever thinks that 0.9999... does not equal 1 is a total dumbass.

It's not about philosophy or anything. This is straight up math. 0.9999infinity = 1. end of discussion.

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
whoever thinks that 0.9999... does not equal 1 is a total dumbass.

It's not about philosophy or anything. This is straight up math. 0.9999infinity = 1. end of discussion.

Mathmatically it's not possible. One day you will learn. Just like in elementary school they told you that the square root of a negative number isn't possible and then later they tell you it is, later they will tell you technically .99R does not equal 1.

 

[mobobuff]

I'm still laughing at the ".9...8" thing.

 

[dornick]

this is hilarious. .9R IS equal to one. It's the advanced math classes that let you realize this. But for all you high school kids out there...

1/3 = .33R
+ 2/3 = .66R
---------------
3/3 = .99R = 1

Not mathematical at all, but gets the point across

 

[element]

Originally posted by: dornick
this is hilarious. .9R IS equal to one. It's the advanced math classes that let you realize this. But for all you high school kids out there...

1/3 = .33R
+ 2/3 = .66R
---------------
3/3 = .99R = 1

Not mathematical at all, but gets the point across

that's got to be the worst attempt at a proof I've ever seen.

It's real easy to prove to the simple minded non math types.

What's the difference between 1 and 0.9999...? When you can answer that you'll understand.

Funny sidenote: I got a PM (from someone who shall remain nameless) that said "1 does not equal 0.999"

I wrote back: "I know."

hehe

 

[MAME]

I've come to realize that anyone who doesn't accept that they are exactly equal are never going to accept the truth, despite seeing the proof

 

[sonambulo]

im so hard for this thread right now