0.999.... = 1

[Que-Ever]

THERE IS NO NUMBER THAT YOU CAN SUBSTRACT FROM 1 TO GET 0.9 REPEATING. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE!

whoah, teh smartness.
is there another way to get .999...? like a logorith or something? otherwise, I'd classify it as an imaginary number, like negative squares, but I don't know the definition of an imaginary number....

 

[TheSomeone]

What about 0.11..........? Just curious as to why it wouldn't work..

because 0.111... = 1/9.

Which by the way, if you multiply both sides by 9, you get

0.999... = 1

And I win again.

 

[Shamrock]

What are you flaunting about? I asked if it would work..

Can't you subtract 0.11... by 1 and get 0.99..?

 

[Qonfused]

This thread generates a post every 15 seconds, and since there hasn't been a post for 14 seconds, I thought I'd keep that tradition alive.

 

[Ames]

Last i checked, this isnt basic math.

I like how you chose the more 'advanced' equations over the simpler, more child friendly ones.

 

[WhiteZero]

Again, mathmatically it dose = 1.
Logically it dose not = 1.

I like how you chose the more 'advanced' equations over the simpler, more child friendly ones.

I like how both of your links contained 'advanced' equations and your post didnt differentiate between them for "basic math".

 

[bvasgm]

It's right here:

0.999... = x
2.999... = 2x
2.999... - x = 2x -x
2.999... - (0.999...) = 2x - x (substitution)
2 = 2

How about this then:

1 x ∞ = ∞
2 x ∞ = ∞
Divide both sides by ∞, 1 = 2



Or not...

 

[TheSomeone]

whoah, teh smartness.
is there another way to get .999...? like a logorith or something? otherwise, I'd classify it as an imaginary number, like negative squares, but I don't know the definition of an imaginary number....

Not really, 0.999 most commonly exists under this shape : 1.

You could multiply 0.333... by 3, but I don't see why you would bother when you could multiply 1/3 by 3 and get the same answer.

 

[Ikerous]

If I am correct, then by subtracting 0.111.... you could definetly get 0.999...

what? 1 - .11 = .89
It would'nt even be close

 

[Qonfused]

lol@mathmatics

 

[Shamrock]

what? 1 - .11 = .89
It would'nt even be close

LOL. Wow.. Sorry..

I am not thinking tonight. Subtract EVERY post I made in here tonight.. Or at least the last 2..

I stick with my Alternate universe theory.. Where 3 = White shoes.

 

[TheSomeone]

What are you flaunting about? I asked if it would work..

Can't you subtract 0.11... by 1 and get 0.99..?

No, you'd get 0.888... Do the math.

EDIT: nvm, thread growing too fast.

 

[dream431ca]

Originally Posted by TheSomeone
It's right here:

0.999... = x
2.999... = 2x
2.999... - x = 2x -x
2.999... - (0.999...) = 2x - x (substitution)
2 = 2

You have an error in your mathematics:

0.999=X

(Now, you are multiplying both sides by 2 so...)

2(0.999) = 2(X) =

1.998 = 2X

Now:

1.998 -(0.999) = 2(0.999)-(0.999)

That equals

0.999 = 0.999

so you have proved nothing.

 

[Qonfused]

so you have proved nothing.

Neither has this thread.
GG.

 

[Ikerous]

You have an error in your mathematics:

0.999=X

(Now, you are multiplying both sides by 2 so...)

2(0.999) = 2(X) =

1.998 = 2X

Now:

1.998 -(0.999) = 2(0.999)-(0.999)

That equals

0.999 = 0.999

so you have proved nothing.

.3... = 1/3
.3... * 3 = 1
.9... = 1
therefore
.9... * 2 = 2

 

[bvasgm]

What are you flaunting about? I asked if it would work..

Can't you subtract 0.11... by 1 and get 0.99..?

Theoretically if you subtracted: 0.0000 (∞ # of 0's) 1 from 1 then you'd get 0.99999...

But since ∞'s ∞, you can't stick someting to its end. (Because it doesn't have one)

 

[Pesmerga]

Who cares?

 

[Ikerous]

Who cares?

Everyone who has posted in this thread?
Which inclued you :O
::giggles like a school girl::

 

[Qonfused]

Everyone who has posted in this thread?

I don't care. And I've posted 4 or 5 times.

 

[Ikerous]

I don't care. And I've posted 4 or 5 times.

You cared enough to post

Does that mean you care about me? :O
Aw.. <3

 

[dream431ca]

.3... = 1/3
.3... * 3 = 1
.9... = 1
therefore
.9... * 2 = 2

Again..there is an error:

.3X3 = 0.9

.9 is not equal to 1 (it is if your doing basic mathematics)

.9X2 = 1.8

1.8 not equal to 2.

 

[Pesmerga]

Everyone who has posted in this thread?
Which inclued you :O
::giggles like a school girl::

Actually most of my posts in this thread stated my indifference, and only offered problems of practical use.

 

[dream431ca]

Who cares?

It's fun to blab about nothing.:E

 

[Cole]

Blizzard Entertainment did this as an April Fools.....as a joke....
0.9999999999999999999999etc.. is not equal to 1. Just as 3.99999999999etc. is not equal to 4.

Try this,
if you divide 0.9999etc.. by 2 you should get .5 as 1 divided by 2 is equal to 5.

You will not. Thus they are not equal. Because right away when doing the first step of the division problem you would do 0.9/2 = .45. Then you would bring a nine down and divide that by two thus in the end you would get .45 repeating.
Thus it's obviously that if 0.9/2 != 1/2 and therefor 0.9repeating is not equal to one as they do not end up the same in a multiplication or division problem. If they are equal then they would come out the same.

Example 2/2 == 1
because 2/2x2 is equal to 1x2

 

[Ikerous]

Again..there is an error:

.3X3 = 0.9

.9 is not equal to 1 (it is if your doing basic mathematics)

.9X2 = 1.8

1.8 not equal to 2.

Thats .3 not .3 repeating...

 

[bvasgm]

0.9999999... and 1 can be substituted for each other in real world problems without changing the result because they're so close to each other, NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE THE SAME NUMBER.

Therefore, it doesn't matter.

 

[TheSomeone]

1.998 -(0.999) = 2(0.999)-(0.999)

That equals

0.999 = 0.999

Keep the x

 

[Shamrock]

You cared enough to post

Does that mean you care about me? :O
Aw.. <3

I care enough to start up the MACARENA!

 

[Ames]

I like how both of your links contained 'advanced' equations and your post didnt differentiate between them for "basic math".

Look at what we are arguing over. This must stop.

 

[WhiteZero]

You cared enough to post

Or was bored enough.

Look at what we are arguing over. This must stop.

I did, but you just continued it.

 

[dream431ca]

Thats .3 not .3 repeating...

I know.

The point is, it's still not equal to a whole number.

 

[Kyorisu]

Every played with asymptotes yeah those things where a curved line gets infinitley closer to it without ever touching the line. Same kind of thing applies.

Anywhoo .999 may = 1 big deal. What's this proving I don't see any practical application for this knowledge.

 

[Shamrock]

Theoretically if you subtracted: 0.0000 (∞ # of 0's) 1 from 1 then you'd get 0.99999...

But since ∞'s ∞, you can't stick someting to its end. (Because it doesn't have one)

I wasn't thinking when I posted. I am sorry.

 

[Shamrock]

Every played with asymptotes yeah those things where a curved line gets infinitley closer to it without ever touching the line. Same kind of thing applies.

Anywhoo .999 may = 1 big deal. What's this proving I don't see any practical application for this knowledge.

It helps us get ze smartest inside our minds!

 

[Ikerous]

Anywhoo .999 may = 1 big deal. What's this proving I don't see any practical application for this knowledge.

Lol, silly, math doesn't need to be applicable to be fun

 

[bvasgm]

Saying 0.999.. = 1 is like saying that y=2^x will eventually cross the x axis. It gets closer and closer and closer, but it'll never happen.

I agree that it can stand for 1 and not make any kind of noticeable difference, but they ARE NOT the same number.

Every played with asymptotes yeah those things where a curved line gets infinitley closer to it without ever touching the line. Same kind of thing applies.

Anywhoo .999 may = 1 big deal. What's this proving I don't see any practical application for this knowledge.

Nobody read my post waaaayyy back on page 5.

 

[Qonfused]

Haha, look, we're on page 10 and this thread was started an hour and a few odd minutes ago. Heh.

Random posts, ftw, btw, lol @ internet lingo brb wtf omg lol afk bbq

 

[TheSomeone]

Blizzard Entertainment did this as an April Fools.....as a joke....
0.9999999999999999999999etc.. is not equal to 1. Just as 3.99999999999etc. is not equal to 4.

Try this,
if you divide 0.9999etc.. by 2 you should get .5 as 1 divided by 2 is equal to 5.

You will not.

What's funny about that is that you will

Because right away when doing the first step of the division problem you would do 0.9/2 = .45.

0.9/2 = 45

0.999.../2 = 0.5

0.999... != 0.9

 

[WhiteZero]

I'd still like to know how you equate anything from an infinite number?

 

[dream431ca]

Saying 0.999.. = 1 is like saying that y=2^x will eventually cross the x axis. It gets closer and closer and closer, but it'll never happen.

I agree that it can stand for 1 and not make any kind of noticeable difference, but they ARE NOT the same number.

QFT. He's right.