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Anonymous
2005-11-26 23:25
0.999~ not = 1.
Why, You ask? Take calculus.
It's called limits, as 0.999~ approaches infinite digits, we can declare it as 0.999 infinite, being that there are infinite nines.
Now, if 0.999 really equaled 1, then, and number subtracted from itelf is 0.
1 - 1 = 0
Anyone care to disagree?
But...
1 - 0.999~ = 0.0..01 as it approaches infinite.
You cannot properly multiply radicals 0.33~, 0.66~, 0.99~ by integers without using radians and the sort.
Also...
If done properly, 0.333~ * 3 is actually 1 because there are an infinite amount of three's there.