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When I was a child I was convinced by a pretty simple conversation with my father: Me: 0.9999... is not the same as 1 Him: Well if it's not the same is it mor
by jdoliner 6y ago
When I was a child I was convinced by a pretty simple conversation with my father:
Me: 0.9999... is not the same as 1
Him: Well if it's not the same is it more than 1 or less than 1?
Me: Less
Him: Okay then how much less is it?
At this point I started trying to do 1 - 0.999..., using the methods I'd been taught, and after a few iterations of "borrowing" the 1 I realized the answer was 0.000... which I was pretty convinced was equal to 0.
- hota_mazi 6y agoHehe... smart man. Another one is that 1 / 3 * 3 = 1 <==> 0.333... * 3 = 1 <==> 0.999... = 1