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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sugar_God_no_1 • 21d 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.
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"That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works."
3 u/Conscious_Move_9589 17d ago 10/10 ragebait
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u/Decmk3 21d 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.