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0.999999... = 1?

Name: Anonymous 2006-05-25 9:53

What the fuck. Why is that true. They got different numbers in them.

Name: Styrofoam 2006-07-11 2:43

God damn it, you stupid fucks are all god damn retarded.  You know what?  Shut the god damn fuck up about infinitesimals, the number line, and analysis, even though those are all valid ways of figuring out that 0.999~ = 1.  Shut the fuck up, just for a second, and read this.  Read it slowly.

Let:
x = 0.999~
Multiply both sides by 10.
10x = 9.999~
Subtract 0.999~ (which is equal to x) from both sides.
9x = 9
Divide both sides by 9.
x = 1
We began by stating that x = 0.999~, therefore
0.999~ = 1

There.  Motherfucking algebra.  No analysis, no calculus.  Just motherfucking algebra.  Go home and cut yourself.

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