Monday, November 13, 2006

Another simple question

Is 0.999999(with infinite 9) equal to 1?

3 comments:

  1. nope....its like 1 + 1 = 2...easy job!

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  2. the answer is actually yes.

    prove:

    say, x = 0.99999(infinite 9) (1)
    multiply (1) with 10, thus
    10x = 9.99999(infinite 9) (2)
    then (2) - (1)
    9x = 9
    therefore x = 9/9 = 1

    :)

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  3. Anonymous3:55 PM

    YAHOOOOOOO...I finally got something right!!! WAHOOOOOOOOOOO....WHOSE THE MAAAAN???????? Ooooopps...sorry for "over" celebrating...hehehhehehe

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