It's a mathematical question which has been debated a lot. Is 0.999... the same as 1? Should they be considered the same number?
I say it does, because 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 = 3/3 = 1.
[editline]28th October 2011[/editline]
Sorry, I fucked up the title, the "x 3" part shouldn't be there.
Can a mod please change it or something? It's annoying to look at.
If it rounds up to one then by all means I'll call it 1.
No.
We put a dot above the 9 in 0.9 to symbolise it repeating indefinitely.
[quote=wikipedia]In mathematics, the repeating decimal 0.999... (which may also be written as 0.9, , 0.(9), or as 0. followed by any number of 9s in the repeating decimal) denotes a real number that can be shown to be the number one. In other words, the symbols 0.999... and 1 represent the same number.[/quote]
From wikipedia
Wait what? I don't even get the question. Are you asking if .33333... (as in 1/3) times 3 is the same as one?
If you mean infinitely recurring 9s then no because that would be an irrational fraction which multiplies 3 times would still be irrational
If you mean with finite 9s then still no because obviously only 1x3=3
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Yes, it's been proved over and over again.
[QUOTE=postmanX3;32999775]Wait what? I don't even get the question. Are you asking if .33333... (as in 1/3) times 3 is the same as one?[/QUOTE]
Yes
wait yeah don't you mean 0.33333...
It is infinitely close to but not 1.
1/3 is not truly 1.3repeat, 1.3repeat is just infinitely close to 1/3 and therefore acceptable in math usage.
Yeah kinda, its just a weird thing that happens because base 10 doesn't accurately represent 1/3.
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[QUOTE=Kondor58;32999800]wait yeah don't you mean 0.33333...[/QUOTE]
That's what I wrote first, and then changed it and forgot to remove the "x 3" part.
Yes. This is not a debatable topic, it's a provable mathematical fact.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0.999#Analytic_proofs[/url]
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