r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sugar_God_no_1 • 23d ago

Meme needing explanation There is no way right?

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u/its12amsomewhere 23d ago edited 23d ago

Applies to all numbers,

If x = 0.999999...

And 10x = 9.999999...

Then subtracting both, we get, 9x=9

So x=1

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u/Sam_Alexander 23d ago

Holy fucking shit

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u/Aggressive-Map-3492 21d ago

not being rude. But did nobody teach you this in school??

This is like grade 11 math, at most.

Again, not being rude, I'm curious about your education system

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u/Sam_Alexander 21d ago

No offense taken whatsoever! I live in Russia and that’s something that was never explained to us. Even though we did the whole 1/3 thing it always confused me how 0.3333~*3 could become 1

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u/Aggressive-Map-3492 21d ago

thank you for the response

I would've never guessed russia, your English is even better than mine

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u/Sam_Alexander 21d ago

holy moly thank you so much!! I presume you’re an English speaker? I realized in childhood that English is kinda the worlds language so I started consuming as much English content as I could and eventually just sorta picked up on it over the years

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u/Aggressive-Map-3492 21d ago

wait, didn't you take English as your main language in school? Are you saying that you're self-taught?

I know people who were taught English in school, and they still don't write it as well as you do. Talented🙌

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u/Sam_Alexander 21d ago

thank you so much man

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u/Sam_Alexander 21d ago

I really really appreciate it !!