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08-26-2009 at 04:02 PM
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0.999 = 1
0.333 = 1/3
3*(0.333) = 3(1/3)
0.999 = 3/3
0.999 = 1
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lol wow...
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08-26-2009 at 04:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton
0.999 = 1
0.333 = 1/3
3*(0.333) = 3(1/3)
0.999 = 3/3
0.999 = 1
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0.333 does not completely equal to 1/3 though. But you can just prove that again, but then I would say the equivalence you used to prove it isn't completely equal to each other and you would prove it again and the cycle would continue XD
Oh wait, I thought that through and it makes sense XD Nice one :p
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08-26-2009 at 04:03 PM
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Haha, it DOES equal 1. *sigh, MI has completely changed everything I believe in .. in math anyway  Lol
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08-26-2009 at 04:05 PM
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Oh wait, I thought that through and it makes sense XD Nice one :p
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Hahaha yep. I fought with this for almost a year... I thought about it over and over until it finally made sense to me... there's a ton of different proofs...
From the almighty wikipedia:
In mathematics, the repeating decimal 0.999… which may also be written as  or  denotes a real number equal to one.
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08-26-2009 at 04:06 PM
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0.333 does not completely equal to 1/3 though. But you can just prove that again, but then I would say the equivalence you used to prove it isn't completely equal to each other and you would prove it again and the cycle would continue XD
Oh wait, I thought that through and it makes sense XD Nice one :p
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lol ya 0.333 doesn't have to equal 1/3 cuz the 1/3 is on the other side
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08-26-2009 at 04:08 PM
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lol ya 0.333 doesn't have to equal 1/3 cuz the 1/3 is on the other side |
What? o.O 0.333 (repeating) does equal to 1/3. That's what makes 0.999(repeating) equal to 1.
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08-26-2009 at 04:13 PM
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What? o.O 0.333 (repeating) does equal to 1/3. That's what makes 0.999(repeating) equal to 1.
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LOL thats not what I said and what does repeating mean btw?
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08-26-2009 at 04:14 PM
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Oh boy, I hope this doesn't evolve into a heated debate over 0.999...=1 as it has on many other forums...
0.999...=1. Not approximately, but exactly. There is no question about it, and any mathematician will tell you that. It's just the way that the real number system is constructed.
Let me refer you to wikipedia for many different proofs of this fact:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0.999...
If you stop at any specific 9, then the equivalence does not hold, but infinitely repeated, it does.
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08-26-2009 at 04:15 PM
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LOL thats not what I said and what does repeating mean btw?
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Repeating means that the number doesn't end... it's like 0.9999999999999999999 99999999... An infinite number of nines after the decimal point.
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08-26-2009 at 04:15 PM
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Well here's another fact for you:
A person cannot taste food unless it is mixed with saliva. For example, if strong-tasting substance like salt is placed on a dry tongue, the taste buds will not be able to taste it. As soon as a drop of saliva is added and the salt is dissolved, however, a definite taste sensation results.
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08-26-2009 at 04:16 PM
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Repeating means that the number doesn't end... it's like 0.9999999999999999999 99999999... An infinite number of nines after the decimal point.
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Oh ok...I kinda guessed that 
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08-26-2009 at 04:17 PM
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Well here's another fact for you:
A person cannot taste food unless it is mixed with saliva. For example, if strong-tasting substance like salt is placed on a dry tongue, the taste buds will not be able to taste it. As soon as a drop of saliva is added and the salt is dissolved, however, a definite taste sensation results.
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If the tongue is that dry I would consider it dead... Lol There's no way that cells can live without water.
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If the tongue is that dry I would consider it dead... Lol There's no way that cells can live without water.
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Well on the outside you can make it that dry, there would still be water in the cells. I wouldn't recommend it though.
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08-26-2009 at 04:19 PM
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Well on the outside you can make it that dry, there would still be water in the cells. I wouldn't recommend it though.
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Yeah, chances are breathing would cause your tongue to get damp again XD.
Here's another fact: Since glass doesn't crystallize it's still a liquid, a very viscous one.
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08-26-2009 at 04:19 PM
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Very interesting. I particularly liked the one about the New York Times. Hopefully these statements/stats/facts aren't too exxagerated.
As often as I hear that computers will someday be able to outthink a human, I hear the same amount of people who argue against it.
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Mathematically it makes about as much sense as (pineapple)$$*cucumbe r*.
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