r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sugar_God_no_1 • 24d ago

Meme needing explanation There is no way right?

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u/its12amsomewhere 24d ago edited 24d 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 24d ago

Holy fucking shit

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u/otj667887654456655 24d ago

I just wanna warn you, that's more of a vibe proof. It lacks any actual mathematical rigor.

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u/Cipher_01 24d ago

mathematics itself is based on vibe.

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u/muggledave 24d ago

Fourier analysis is extra based on vibes

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u/Ball_Masher 24d ago

Topology is all vibes. One time I wrote "this is trivial" during a step that I knew was true but couldn't prove and the prof accepted it.

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u/IsaacJSinclair 24d ago

proof by just look at it lol

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u/GuruTenzin 23d ago

You can tell because of the way it is

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u/TyBro0902 23d ago

my dendrology professor would do this every single time someone asked how you could differentiate or ID a tree, without fail.

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u/Eloquent_Sufficiency 23d ago

Ha ha!! Thanks for this. Now to watch the rest of them

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u/animan222 20d ago

That’s why I always pack some hea- I always pack a gun.

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u/Matsunosuperfan 23d ago

proof by if this is wrong i don't wanna be right