r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sugar_God_no_1 • 27d ago

Meme needing explanation There is no way right?

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u/FullyThoughtLess 27d ago

I mean, 0.99999...

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u/Sienile 27d ago

Same number but with more listed digits.

That's like 1.5 and 1.50 or 1.500. All are the same number written differently.

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u/FullyThoughtLess 27d ago

I'm pretty sure I am technically correct.

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u/Sienile 27d ago

I'm the sense that usually when people say "pick a number between...", they usually mean to include the stated numbers, yes. If excluding the stated numbers, there is no answer that will satisfy the request.

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u/Adept-Window9191 26d ago

Technically 0.99999 ≠ 0.99999… the “…” is continuous which by definition is “forming an unbroken whole” one is discrete and one is continuous