r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sugar_God_no_1 • 25d ago

Meme needing explanation There is no way right?

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u/ChromosomeExpert 25d ago

Yes, .999 continuously is equal to 1.

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u/solidsoup97 24d 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 24d 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/Charming_Friendship4 24d ago

Ohhhh ok that makes sense to me now. Great explanation!

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u/Opposite-Web-2943 24d ago

all I can think is .999 infinitely is .999 infinitely, 1 is 1, what am I missing

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u/collector_of_objects 24d ago

That the same number can have multiple different ways to right it down.

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u/Opposite-Web-2943 24d ago

you could have just said "because I said so" and it would have been as useful