OK Prove it to Me: .999... = 1

[SphinxnihpS]

I don't buy it! It has to be smaller than 1.

 

[edro]

Anyone arguing .999...=1 is retarded.

 

[jlee]

/lawnchair

 

[amish]

the plane takes off

 

[Rage187]

something > nothing

Something = anything > 0

 

[Rage187]

DP

 

[highland145]

the plane takes off

 

[KeithTalent]

If the 9s are alternator sized, they will not take off!

KT

 

[disappoint]

Is a turbo the same as a snail?
Am I the same as who I was before?

/thread

hehe

 

[Juddog]

x = 0.9999...
10x = 9.9999...
10x - x = 9.9999... - 0.9999...
9x = 9
x = 1

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

OP makes all those dumbass god-believers look like Rhodes scholars.

 

[Matthiasa]

SphinxnihpS what is the limit of (x-1)/(x-1) as x approaches 1?

 

[Juddog]

1/3 = .333333...
2/3 = .666666...

1/3 + 2/3 = 3/3
.333333... + .666666.... = .999999.....

 

[maziwanka]

sha-zaaaam!

 

[SunnyD]

x = 0.9999...
10x = 9.9999...
10x - x = 9.9999... - 0.9999...
9x = 9
x = 1

But if you subtract infinity from infinity, don't you still get infinity?

 

[Joseph F]

1/3 = .333333...
2/3 = .666666...

1/3 + 2/3 = 3/3
.333333... + .666666.... = .999999.....

I came here to post this.

 

[Fritzo]

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

OP makes all those dumbass god-believers look like Rhodes scholars.

 

[Joseph F]

Oh, and the obligatory:

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

wtf I think my phone cached my reply and reposted it. still smarter than OP, though.

 

[amish]

If the 9s are alternator sized, they will not take off!

KT

how many 9s does it take before it would be considered "bulk"?

 

[KeithTalent]

how many 9s does it take before it would be considered "bulk"?

An infinite number. :hmm:

KT

 

[SphinxnihpS]

wtf I think my phone cached my reply and reposted it. still smarter than OP, though.

Yes the OP is clearly a mental midget.

 

[disappoint]

I stick MacLaurin series polynomials in my McLaren F1 just to see what they look like coming out of the exhaust.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Between any two different numbers there is an infinite number of other numbers. What number set is between .9 repeating and 1?