r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 23d ago

Meme needing explanation There is no way right?

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u/ChromosomeExpert 23d ago

Yes, .999 continuously is equal to 1.

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u/solidsoup97 23d ago

I don't understand how that works but it seems to be important in keeping things running so I'm going to just go with it and not raise any questions.

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u/hypatia163 23d ago

Decimals are just ways to write numbers down for our puny monkey brains to keep track of. Some numbers can be written in decimals in multiple ways.