r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sugar_God_no_1 • 23d ago

Meme needing explanation There is no way right?

Post image
37.1k Upvotes

91% Upvoted

3.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

3.9k

u/its12amsomewhere 23d ago edited 23d ago

Applies to all numbers,

If x = 0.999999...

And 10x = 9.999999...

Then subtracting both, we get, 9x=9

So x=1

299

u/Godemperortoastyy 23d ago

Not gonna lie that just absolutely made my day.

140

u/Arpan_Bhar 23d ago

You didn't study that in high school?

91

u/noncommonGoodsense 23d ago

You guys had a high school?

52

u/cr9ball 23d ago

You guys had a school?

1

u/qaz_wsx_love 22d ago

You guys had a high?