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- January 10th, 2011, 10:33 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Is 0.9 recurring equal to 1?
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Re: Is 0.9 recurring equal to 1?
You just necroed this thred,the last post was 09 Jul 2010... In my opinion, 0.9r is equal to 0.0r with a 1 at the end. But if it is requiring it does not end. form wiki ok i misfrased that...basically what i mean is that 1 - 0.9r = an infinitesimal value (the smallest possible positive value above 0)
- January 10th, 2011, 8:39 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Is 0.9 recurring equal to 1?
- Replies: 81
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Re: Is 0.9 recurring equal to 1?
so 0.999 + 0.001 = 1 right? and 0.99999999 + 0.00000001 = 1 and 0.99999999999999999 + 0.00000000000000001=1 and i could go on infiniteley until 0.00000000000000000000000000000001 has so many zeros before the 1 it might as well be 0. but however many 9s you put after 0.999999 there is still going to ...