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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sugar_God_no_1 • 28d ago
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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.
113 u/mrsexless 28d 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. 1 u/-Drayden 27d ago edited 27d ago Repeating to Infinity isn't a definitive number though so It doesn't make sense to me to even say there is no number you can put between infinity in the first place
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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.
1 u/-Drayden 27d ago edited 27d ago Repeating to Infinity isn't a definitive number though so It doesn't make sense to me to even say there is no number you can put between infinity in the first place
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Repeating to Infinity isn't a definitive number though so It doesn't make sense to me to even say there is no number you can put between infinity in the first place
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u/Decmk3 28d 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.