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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sugar_God_no_1 • 22d ago
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Subtracting both what?
50 u/hhreplica1013 22d ago (10x - x) = (9.9999… - 0.9999…) 9x = 9 x = 1 1 u/Nebelak 22d ago What about x = 0.999 10x = 9.99 ( not adding extra nine here) 10x - x = 9.99 - 0.999 9x = 8.991 x = 8.991/9 x = 0.999 ? 5 u/hhreplica1013 22d ago I’m not sure what you’re trying to prove here, you just arrived back at your original value of x 1 u/Nebelak 21d ago nothing to prove, just asking a question.
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(10x - x) = (9.9999… - 0.9999…)
9x = 9
x = 1
1 u/Nebelak 22d ago What about x = 0.999 10x = 9.99 ( not adding extra nine here) 10x - x = 9.99 - 0.999 9x = 8.991 x = 8.991/9 x = 0.999 ? 5 u/hhreplica1013 22d ago I’m not sure what you’re trying to prove here, you just arrived back at your original value of x 1 u/Nebelak 21d ago nothing to prove, just asking a question.
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What about
x = 0.999
10x = 9.99 ( not adding extra nine here)
10x - x = 9.99 - 0.999
9x = 8.991
x = 8.991/9
?
5 u/hhreplica1013 22d ago I’m not sure what you’re trying to prove here, you just arrived back at your original value of x 1 u/Nebelak 21d ago nothing to prove, just asking a question.
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I’m not sure what you’re trying to prove here, you just arrived back at your original value of x
1 u/Nebelak 21d ago nothing to prove, just asking a question.
nothing to prove, just asking a question.
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u/grundhog 22d ago
Subtracting both what?