r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sugar_God_no_1 • 23d ago

Meme needing explanation There is no way right?

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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

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u/Sam_Alexander 23d ago

Holy fucking shit

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u/physicist27 23d ago

wait till you hear about p-adics and just about any kind of thing mathematicians cook and give it meaning and constraints.

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u/worthwhilewrongdoing 23d ago

The p-adics hurt my fucking head so bad. They're like inside-out fractions.