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# 1 divided by 3 is 0.3333 recurring
3 x 0.33333 recurring is 9.999999 recurring

Maths is wrong, why does nobody care?
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 16 Nov 2007, 15:03, archived)
# 0.9999 recurring is another way of saying '1'
;P
(I helped save b3ta! Hamster Trippin' aka Mr. Titts, Fri 16 Nov 2007, 15:04, archived)
# no it isn't
1 is 1, 0.9999999etc is almost 1
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 16 Nov 2007, 15:10, archived)
# 0.9999999etc is almost one...
0.99999 recurring IS one.

The human mind can't deal with infinity. ;P
(I helped save b3ta! Hamster Trippin' aka Mr. Titts, Fri 16 Nov 2007, 15:12, archived)
# but by definition it is not one, it is less than by an infinitely small amount?
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 16 Nov 2007, 15:15, archived)
# ;)
required reading
(I helped save b3ta! Hamster Trippin' aka Mr. Titts, Fri 16 Nov 2007, 15:21, archived)
# Yes but 9.999999 is not 1
it's far closer to 10
;)
(spartacus_mills and Rex Hamilton as Abraham Lincoln!, Fri 16 Nov 2007, 15:25, archived)
# Do keep up dear!
:)
(I helped save b3ta! Hamster Trippin' aka Mr. Titts, Fri 16 Nov 2007, 15:30, archived)
# Dear lord. You really are stupid.
www.b3ta.com/board/7794453

You put a 9, not a 0 in your original post.


Wahey , ninja edit. Well done ;)
(spartacus_mills and Rex Hamilton as Abraham Lincoln!, Fri 16 Nov 2007, 15:35, archived)
# Oh well done you pedantic twat
:P
(I helped save b3ta! Hamster Trippin' aka Mr. Titts, Fri 16 Nov 2007, 15:42, archived)
# Well, if you will insist on makjing yourself look an absolute twunt
cos after all, when it comes to maths who needs to put the correct numbers in anyway
;)
I expect you'll take it with the same good grace as the whole Primus/See you next Tuesday thing though :P
(spartacus_mills and Rex Hamilton as Abraham Lincoln!, Fri 16 Nov 2007, 15:44, archived)
# You seem to be developing a bit of a complex about me...
*fears*
Why the name change? Made too many enemies?
(I helped save b3ta! Hamster Trippin' aka Mr. Titts, Fri 16 Nov 2007, 15:47, archived)
# I'm changing it to a symbol next week. Don't think about ever using it though. My lawyers see everything ;)

(spartacus_mills and Rex Hamilton as Abraham Lincoln!, Fri 16 Nov 2007, 15:55, archived)
# "infinitely small amount"
doesn't mean anything, really. What you do is say that it's 1-e where e is really small and then let e tend to zero, say by dividing it by 2 repeatedly. Which in the limiting case of infinite divisions gives you 1.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Fri 16 Nov 2007, 15:24, archived)
# 0.9999999999999999 recurring ;)
(spartacus_mills and Rex Hamilton as Abraham Lincoln!, Fri 16 Nov 2007, 15:05, archived)
# :)
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 16 Nov 2007, 15:10, archived)
#
10x0.999 recurring is 9.999 recurring
9.999 recurring - 0.999 recurring is 9
So 0.999 recurring is 1

Entertaining things happen when you introduce infinities.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Fri 16 Nov 2007, 15:06, archived)
# 1 divided by three
is one third

occurring only once :)
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 16 Nov 2007, 15:06, archived)
# fractions for the win!
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 16 Nov 2007, 15:11, archived)
# \o/
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 16 Nov 2007, 15:22, archived)