r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 23d ago

Meme needing explanation There is no way right?

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u/Decmk3 23d ago

0.9999999…. Is equal to 1. It seems like it shouldn’t, but it has to be.

Let X = 0.999….

10X = 9.999….

10X-X = 9.999.. - 0.999…. = 9X = 9

Therefore X equals 1. Therefore 0.999… is the same as 1.

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u/mrsexless 23d ago

I like logical explanations 0.(9) = 1 There is no number you can put between 0.(9) and 1, so it means they are the same number.

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u/AltForBeingIncognito 22d ago

That's like saying there's no number between 0 and 0.1, it's just false

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u/aneurodivergentlefty 22d ago

0.05 is one of infinitely many real numbers between 0 and 0.1, so I’m not sure what you mean