0.999.... = 1

[TheSomeone]

And you're an idiot if you don't beleive that.

If you don't beleive that, and you think you aren't an idiot, give me mathematical proof that they are not the same.

 

[bryanf445]

And you're an idiot if you don't beleive that.

If you don't beleive that, and you think you aren't an idiot, give me mathematical proof that they are not the same.

what the hell are you talking about

 

[Tr0n]

Am I an idiot if I don't give a damn?

 

[Orcone101]

I don't believe it simply because it isn't truly a whole number. I don't know a thing about maths and hate anything to do with it, but it's not 1.

 

[Tr0n]

Well if you round it off it is. If you don't then it isn't.

I win.

 

[TheSomeone]

Explain this then:

1/3 = 0.333.....
Multiply both sides by three and you get
1 = 0.999....

 

[TheSomeone]

By the way, a law of math is that there is always a number between two numbers that or not the same.

Find me a number between 0.999.... and 1.

 

[bryanf445]

Explain this then:

1/3 = 0.333.....
Multiply both sides by three and you get
1 = 0.999....

ok, same goes for 1/4=.25

 

[TheSomeone]

ok, same goes for 1/4=.25

So 4/4 = 1, which is exactly right.... What's your point?

 

[Orcone101]

Explain this then:

1/3 = 0.333.....
Multiply both sides by three and you get
1 = 0.999....

Are you trying to confuse me or prove a point to me?
0.999... is not 1. Just as A!!!!! isn't B. Doesn't matter what you have behind it, it's still not B.

 

[bryanf445]

i dont see why you started this thread, it would have been a whole lot better if you were like "im trying to prove to someone or something that yada yada= yada yada... not like "hey fags betcha didnt know this=1 *****!!!!!!, my math skills are sooo uber leet"


noob

 

[WhiteZero]

Most pointless thread... ever.

BTW: 0.99999... dose not = 1.
1 = 1
-.-
It's a number that get infinitly close to one.
Want proof? Look at the number? Is it 1? No, so it dosent = one.
Quite simple.

Also, insulting people means you auto-loose any argument anyway.

 

[TheSomeone]

Are you trying to confuse me or prove a point to me?
0.999... is not 1. Just as A!!!!! isn't B. Doesn't matter what you have behind it, it's still not B.

Prove a point to you.

Okay, take this proof:
One argument for the equality goes like this. Set

x = 0.999...

multiply both sides by 10

10x = 9.999...

subtract the first equation from the second

9x = 9

so

x = 1.

 

[TheSomeone]

Want proof? Look at the number? Is it 1? No, so it dosent = one.

.333 doesn't look like 1/3 to me, but it is.. Wierd huh?

ASK YOUR MATH TEACHERS, YOU WILL ALL LOSE.

 

[Naudian]

Find me a number between 0.999.... and 1.

Well that number would be:

0.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999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X infinity

 

[WhiteZero]

It dosent matter what kind of jacked-up forumla you try to apply to it. Simple fact is that it just dosent = 1.

Besides, after applying any kind of equation to it your not working with the oiginal number, which is what we're talking about anyway.

ASK YOUR MATH TEACHERS, YOU WILL ALL LOSE.

What a childish way to try and proove something. Especially since 1/3 isnt under discussion here. Good job.
Escpecially since I graduated High School almost 3 years ago.

0.999... would = 1/0.99999...

 

[TheSomeone]

Well that number would be:

Uh, that's what 0.999.... stands for.

 

[TheSomeone]

It dosent matter what kind of jacked-up forumla you try to apply to it. Simple fact is that it just dosent = 1.

Besides, after applying any kind of equation to it your not working with the oiginal number, which is what we're talking about anyway.

Are you doing it on purpose or you just haven't taken algebra?

 

[WhiteZero]

Your still trying to argue a simple fact.
1 = 1. Nothing else but 1 = 1.
0.99999... is a number which is infinitly close to 1 but is still not 1.
No algebra needed.

Pointless argument.

 

[bryanf445]

Are you doing it on purpose or you just haven't taken algebra?

STOP DOUBLE POSTING!!! noooooone gives 2 ****s about your stuipid algebra equations

 

[Orcone101]

I'm in my final year of school, horribly failing maths and I can still tell you, without going into detail that .999... is not 1.

 

[Steve]

I submit that 1.0000....=1

Oh, and .999...only equals one if 9/100000000..... equals one.

 

[TheSomeone]

I'm in my final year of school, horribly failing maths and I can still tell you, without going into detail that .999... is not 1.

I'm in precalculus honors at age 15, I have an A and I got a 98% on my Math PSATs, and I can safely tell you, going into detail or not, that .999.... is 1.

Oops, who has more credibility?

 

[bvasgm]

Explain this then:

1/3 = 0.333.....
Multiply both sides by three and you get
1 = 0.999....

1/3 doesn't = 0.333333... It's an aproximation.

maths:
0.9999...-1 = 0.000....1 or 0.9999 (∞ # of 9's) - 1 = 0.0000 (∞ # of 0's) 1

1-1=0

therefore 0.99999... ≠ 1

 

[nofx]

when dan chams in on this the battle will be set precalculus is no biggie ;x

 

[TheSomeone]

Your still trying to argue a simple fact.
1 = 1. Nothing else but 1 = 1.

You're the one arguing the simple fact that 0.999.... = 1. It's not that they are equal, it's that they are the very same thing.

 

[WhiteZero]

Oops, all grades proove is that you can memorize facts which dose not dictate intelligence. I've seen morons ace through school.

And what dose this have to do with credibility? Your trying to argue against a simple fact.

 

[Steve]

Mommy! Daddy! Stop smart-fighting!

 

[TheSomeone]

1/3 doesn't = 0.333333... It's an aproximation.

That premise is far from irrefutable, 0.333... is not an approximation.

0.000....1

No such number exists, infinity is static, there can be nothing at the end of infinity because infinity has no end.

Here is one last proof, but you guys probably won't understand it:

0.999... = 9/10 + 9/100 + 9/1000 + ...

and the sum of the geometric series on the right is

(9/10)/(1-1/10)

which solves to:

1

 

[Ames]

0.999_ = 1

 

[Dog--]

It's not the same, you would need another thousandth, millionth, trillionth, billionth, where ever you decide to end it, you will need 1 more.
Not the same number

 

[WhiteZero]

It's cute and all that you just went over this in school, but you fail to prove anything other than you want to try to spark up pointless debate over a very simple mathematics question.

 

[TheSomeone]

Oops, all grades proove is that you can memorize facts which dose not dictate intelligence. I've seen morons ace through school.

At least I can do that...

And what dose this have to do with credibility? Your trying to argue against a simple fact.

YOU'RE the one arguing against a simple fact, what part of that don't you understand?

 

[TheSomeone]

It's cute and all that you just went over this in school, but you fail to prove anything other than you want to try to spark up pointless debate over a very simple mathematics question.

I didn't learn this in school. Assumptions will get you nowhere.

 

[Steve]

No such number exists, infinity is static, there can be nothing at the end of infinity because infinity has no end.

There. That just disproved your little hypothesis. .999999... it just an infinite series of 9's...which means there's never gonna be a 1 on the left side of that decimal point. Ain't got no 1, ain't got no one.

 

[WhiteZero]

Erm... (9/10)/(1-1/10) = nothing since you cant divide by 0.

 

[TheSomeone]

There. That just disproved your little hypothesis. .999999... it just an infinite series of 9's...which means there's never gonna be a 1 on the left side of that decimal point. Ain't got no 1, ain't got no one.

Now you're telling me 1.999.... isn't a real number because there can't be a 1 on the left of the decimal point?

The 9s extend infintly to the right in case you haven't noticed...

 

[TheSomeone]

Erm... (9/10)/(1-1/10) = 0
1-1 is 0, times 10 is 0, divided by 0.9 is 0.

Hey, good job, you don't even remember order of operations.

 

[bvasgm]

Here is one last proof, but you guys probably won't understand it:

0.999... = 9/10 + 9/100 + 9/1000 + ...

and the sum of the geometric series on the right is

(9/10)/(1-1/10)

which solves to:

1

First of all, ((1-1)/10) = undefined. Second, stop being a pompous asshole. Anybody who made it through HS math can follow what you're trying to do. I stress trying. Essentially, 0.99999... is the same as 1, but it is not the same number. It'll always be 0.0000 insert infinite number of 0's here (yes I understand that infinity isn't a real number, but you get what I'm saying) 1 off.

 

[WhiteZero]

Once again applying an equation to prove your point is irrelevant since your trying to argue the base number.

You should be able to simply undertand that since 0.9999... repeating is an infinite number, that it is infinitly closer to 1. And also that you can't apply a foruma to an infinite number.

Anyway, since it's ridiculously obvious that your mind can't be changed it's pointless to try and argue it.

Apply formula to stubborness.
-.-