Mathematical Paradox?
Name:
Anonymous
2006-11-06 20:47
x=0.999...
10x=9.999...
10x-x=9
9x=9
x=1
Is there a flaw in this?
Name:
Anonymous
2006-11-06 21:27
10x=9.999...0
fixed
Name:
Anonymous
2006-11-06 23:14
>>2
Yep, a 0 after infinitely many 9's.
Fucker.
Name:
Anonymous
2006-11-07 1:54
I saw a 7 in there once
Name:
Anonymous
2006-11-07 12:11
Shall I be the first to say it?
One of the many proofs that 0.999... = 1.
Name:
Anonymous
2006-11-09 20:46
>>1
You must be new.
>>5 is right, just so you know.
Name:
Anonymous
2006-11-10 0:40
0.999... is just an anomaly of our decimal system
Name:
Anonymous
2006-11-10 1:49
In the same way that 1/2 = 2/4, .9repeating = 1
Name:
Anonymous
2006-11-10 5:18
If .999...=1, then what is the highest value in [0,1)?
Name:
Anonymous
2006-11-10 7:18
>>9
hold on im well-ordering the reals.
Name:
Anonymous
2006-11-10 10:10
Name:
Anonymous
2006-11-10 10:19
>>1-11
Forget it, it's NP-complete.