Members jaytee123 Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sled Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 my God, HCAF would argue the angstroms width of a nat's ass... :poke: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EdgeOfDarkness Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 No.1.999 =2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members draelyc Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 you are distributing 0 objects, so no objects are being distributed ('objects', representing the numerator) Therefore, 0/0 = 0 The same cannot be said when you divide a number >1 or "than" =/= "then"Grammar fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beno Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 It's for use in science. It's basically saying that 3 and 2 are both precise to the ones, so when dividing you give an answer that is precise to the ones because if you were to give it to the tenths it would imply a level of precision you do not have.yea but im pretty sure that anything greater than 0.4 would actually get rounded UP, not DOWN...So 1.5 rounded would technically be represented best by a 2, not a 1... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EdgeOfDarkness Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 I dont do math, but it seems if .999 = 1 then 1.999 = 2 , not 1=2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dreamspace Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 I think what most people here here are missing is the 0.999... part Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sled Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 I think what most people here here are missing is the 0.999... part nice try but no, because the series expansion only approaches 1, but never gets there because it would require an infinite number of terms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeathMonkey Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 This is what you guys sound like.UBM6CBtuHS4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Demonofthefall Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 nice try but no, because the series expansion only approaches 1, but never gets there because it would require an infinite number of terms.I think what you are missing is the "_" in "0.999_" precisely means you have to sum an infinite number of terms ...And for the geekiest around here, here's another surprising math results ... Did you know that i^i is actually a real number ?i being the complex number (-1)^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blargh Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 nope.you seem to be having trouble grasping the concept of infinity.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mparsons Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 nice try but no, because the series expansion only approaches 1, but never gets there because it would require an infinite number of terms.A) 1/3 = 0.333...B) 3 * 0.333... = 0.999...C) 3 * (1/3) = 1Ergo, 0.999... = 1You realize that the repeating notation implies repeating into infinity, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mparsons Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 3/2 is 1. Not 1.5, but 1. This is what I was actually taught by one of my maths teachers, who is a Dr of Particle Physics, you even get taught his theories if you do a doctorate in Physics, but yeah, 3/2 is 1, because you always give the answer to the same amount of decimal places. hmm. Damn you really missed out on that lecture. For counted, definite quantities, you have an assumed "infinite" significant figures to work with, to be limited by other quantities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Uncle_Milton Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 roof 1.999 = 2; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EdgeOfDarkness Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 roof 1.999 = 2;*high five* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sled Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 A) 1/3 = 0.333... B) 3 * 0.333... = 0.999... C) 3 * (1/3) = 1 Ergo, 0.999... = 1 You realize that the repeating notation implies repeating into infinity, right? I can only assume you don't know the difference between a series approximation which I was referring to and 1/3 or pi. regardless, .9999... with a ga-zillion or infinity-1 significant digits does not equal 1.0. it may approximate 1.0, but does not equal 1.0 it may be substituted for 1.0 in calculations, but it still does not equal 1.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mamberg Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 This .999.... Thing dates all the way back to plato (or was it socrates?). Anyway - he said that to first cross the coliseum you have to cross the first half. To finish from the you again have to cross the first half of what is left. And so on and so on. How can you ever get to the other side?Please use terms plato would understand in your answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Devinstation Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 This .999.... Thing dates all the way back to plato (or was it socrates?). Anyway - he said that to first cross the coliseum you have to cross the first half. To finish from the you again have to cross the first half of what is left. And so on and so on. How can you ever get to the other side? Please use terms plato would understand in your answer. I would say {censored} it and go play video games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members inkblot Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 This .999.... Thing dates all the way back to plato (or was it socrates?). Anyway - he said that to first cross the coliseum you have to cross the first half. To finish from the you again have to cross the first half of what is left. And so on and so on. How can you ever get to the other side? Please use terms plato would understand in your answer. It was Zeno.I'd hand him an introductory calculus text and let him work it out for himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Slaymoar Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 You introduced the numbers as variables, you could use that math for a graph to display a tangent.-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mamberg Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 ok, ok, Zeno.I don't think he would understand calculus - it wasn't invented for how many more years?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sled Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 I don't see the problem. Dreamspace's sum was an infinite sum. 0.999... is an infinitely long decimal. let's make this simple. the OP states .999_ = 1 0.999... does not equal 1.0 no matter how you think about, put it, calculate itit gets close but does not equal 1.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Uncle_Milton Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 X = {x|x e/e x} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Captain Commie Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 Let me sum this up real nice and quick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Uncle_Milton Posted October 11, 2009 Members Share Posted October 11, 2009 Let me sum this up real nice and quick lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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