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Does 1 = .999?

 

 

Also if its called 0.999(repeating) then why isnt 1 called 0.999?

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Does 1 = .999?

 

 

Also if its called 0.999(repeating) then why isnt 1 called 0.999?

0.999... will never equal 1, only if you start rounding it off a bit... You'll ge very close to one but you'll never reach it. The most recent video from vsauce explains a similar thing.

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0.999... will never equal 1, only if you start rounding it off a bit... You'll ge very close to one but you'll never reach it. The most recent video from vsauce explains a similar thing.

This is the video:

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We round up

no i mean like

1/3 = 0.333

2/3 = 0.666

3/3 = 0.999???

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This is the video:

i never finshed it lel

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0.999... will never equal 1, only if you start rounding it off a bit... You'll ge very close to one but you'll never reach it. The most recent video from vsauce explains a similar thing.

well, the thing with "repeating" is that the difference becomes infinitely small, because if you substract the result will be an infinite number of zeros before you reach the 1, hence, you'll never reach the 1, hence the difference is zero.

 

math is a strange creature.

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well, the thing with "repeating" is that the difference becomes infinitely small, because if you substract the result will be an infinite number of zeros before you reach the 1, hence, you'll never reach the 1, hence the difference is zero.

 

math is a strange creature.

lol now i get it

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no i mean like

1/3 = 0.333

2/3 = 0.666

3/3 = 0.999???

 

Nope. 1/3 is 0.3 recurring, meaning the amount of threes is infinite. Same for 2/3, infinite sixes. One, however, is one. 0.999... no matter how many nines you put on it will never equal one.

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Nope. 1/3 is 0.3 recurring, meaning the amount of threes is infinite. Same for 2/3, infinite sixes. One, however, is one. 0.999... no matter how many nines you put on it will never equal one.

so then what is 0.999 in fraction form?

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1/3 is 0.333333333... without end too. 

 

so then what is 0.999 in fraction form?

0.999 or 0.999 repeating?
 
0.999 is 999/1000, 0.999 repeating can't be written as fraction

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3/3=1 

 

One is always one 

 

There is no proper fraction form for .99999

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1/3 is 0.333333333... without end too. 

i kno that

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well, the thing with "repeating" is that the difference becomes infinitely small, because if you substract the result will be an infinite number of zeros before you reach the 1, hence, you'll never reach the 1, hence the difference is zero.

 

math is a strange creature.

These things are like pi... they have no fixed value... as far as we know... This definatly is a very interesting subject to discuss but really... 0.999... according to current math is not equal to one, however it is as well... Like you already said, math is a strange creature

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so then what is 0.999 in fraction form?

Seeing as 0.9 recurring (0.999999...) is infinite it can't really have a fraction form.

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These things are like pi... they have no fixed value... as far as we know... This definatly is a very interesting subject to discuss but really... 0.999... according to current math is not equal to one, however it is as well... Like you already said, math is a strange creature

math is math

math is a social construct 

what are you saying this "math is a creature"

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Seeing as 0.9 recurring (0.999999...) is infinite it can't really have a fraction form.

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1/3 is fraction for 0.333 repeating

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These things are like pi... they have no fixed value... as far as we know... This definatly is a very interesting subject to discuss but really... 0.999... according to current math is not equal to one, however it is as well... Like you already said, math is a strange creature

well, this is one of the easiest to explain problems in math. i still wonder what the guy that thought of "1+2+3+4+... = -1/12" ate that morning...

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so

1/3 is fraction for 0.333 repeating

it's not really 1/3 =/= 0.333, it's never actually 0.333, it just goes on and on and on, never actually becoming equal. We just type 0.333 repeating in some cases so that you could understand it's a third.

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it's not really 1/3 =/= 0.333, it's never actually 0.333, it just goes on and on and on, never actually becoming equal. We just type 0.333 repeating in some cases so that you could understand it's a third.

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