I was just messing around Whisp, you can do whatever. /kneel

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1/3 = 0.3 repeating TRUE
1/3 * 3 = 1 TRUE
0.3 repeating * 3 = 1 TRUE
0.3 repeating * 3 = 0.9 repeating? FALSE

As far into the 0.3333333333333333333333 as you want to go there will always be a bit more. That little bit more is what adds up to the 1/infinity that is needed to make 1/3 * 3 = 1.

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For some reason, this thread makes me want to sing.

Big wheel keep on turnin',
Proud Mary keep on burnin',
Rollin, rollin, rollin on the river.

referring to myself here,
its pretty bad when you have quit ff over a year ago, one of your best friends is named mary, and yet when you see the word mary you think of stray mary in konschtat highlands lol

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I barely finished page one, however, I know enough math to do the following:

Time it took many of you to coherently reply: Oh say 2 minutes

Time it takes to read others explanations, and or this thread: 5 minutes (4 if you're a math wiz!)

Time it took for you guys to come back and reply: maybe 3 minutes

Time it took for those numbers to forever stay the same as they were in the first post: nada

Time it took for me to stop caring and make a sammich?

10minutes (because I'm not a math wiz)

my topic @ wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:0.999 ... r_loophole

i'm the not-indented text

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10 people voted yes on this? that is scary.

LOL i was thinking that too - very scary


But on that note here's the math behind the math (OMG such a cool phrase)

1/3 = .33333333 repeating. So 1/3 = 33 1/3 % (not just 33% as many believe)
2/3 = .66666666 repeating. So 2/3 = 66 2/3 % (not just 66% as many believe)

33% would be .33 not .33333333333333_

Thus 66+33 = 99 (that's what most people get and are confused about) What you are forgetting to add is the 1/3 and 2/3 for the repeating 3's and 6's respectively. thus you get your 100 when you add these in.

The reason your calculator comes out with 1 (if you have a scientific calculator) is because it is aware of the correct number of 33 1/3

man - that was easy (easy button here)

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so does this also mean .999 repeating can equal 2?



I seriously wanna go to my bank and see what I can get with these claims.

Man. I hated this thread when it was first posted like a year ago. And I hate it now that it's risen back from the dead.

I hate how a schmuck on every forum posts this. Jesus Christ this is stupid.

You always know how to butter me up.

Yeah, I forgot to post that I hate this thread and everything that its about. And I remember thinging just that when this thread was originally posted since its been used as bait by trolls.

So lock? Plzthx

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lock? no! there is buttering going on

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ooooh this was wikipedias article of the day, I was wondering why everyone in class was arguing about it the other day (we had an assignment due in so presumabely everyone was getting the answers off wiki lol)

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looking back at this thread, i gotta say i agree entirely with Kailyn's posts

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I. Interval [0,1) is defined as the interval from 0 up to but not including 1

II. Interval [0,1) upper bound is defined as 0.999...

III. As an upper bound, 0.999... is a member of [0,1)

IV. By definition (I.), 1 is not a member of [0,1)

V. Therefore 0.999... does not equal 1

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We know Whisp--please let this thread die forever ;_;

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omg nevar!!!! 0 = 1 = 5 = 13 89= =2 5809 5=2158 .0..+-+.3+1-+-31-3.-1-.3-7-.1-3-13-3-.7+.-7-+.-+3.--3-+33+-13-8-1-31--+38-+3-+3.-7838 icanprovethisomgmathnerdsirlteacherteachercanihavesomemoremathhomework

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Here's the answer:

It's whatever God intended it to be.

Praise Christ!