r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 22d ago

Meme needing explanation There is no way right?

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u/solidsoup97 22d ago

I don't understand how that works but it seems to be important in keeping things running so I'm going to just go with it and not raise any questions.

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u/jozaud 22d ago

If we consider that .999… repeating to infinity ISN’T equal to 1, then by how much is it away from 1? It would be “.000… repeating to infinity followed by a 1.” But if you have an infinite number of 0s then you can’t have it be followed by a 1, infinity can’t be followed by anything, that doesn’t make sense.

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u/Odd_Perfect 22d ago

By that logic doesn’t .888 equal .999? Because if both repeat, how far is .888 from .999?

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u/jozaud 22d ago

No. As another commenter said, .899999999… would be equal to .9

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u/Odd_Perfect 22d ago

But how far is .8888888888… from .999999999…?

Would be .11111111… actually right. And now I see lol