[QUOTE=_Mythic;17139282][b]0.33333333 to infinity does not equal one third exactly, but it's as close as you can get using decimals.[/b]
3 x 1/3 = 1
3 x 0.333333... = 0.999999...
1/3 =/= 0.333333...
So therefore, no, 0.999999... does NOT equal 1.[/QUOTE]
God, what the fuck was I saying before. That's right.
[QUOTE=Scope0;17139315][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/9/5/f/95f1729c23de78f8c3e739a914eff0ca.png[/img][/QUOTE]
It's the same number.
I always found it weird how it can get infinitely close to 1 and technically not be 1.
[QUOTE=Red Heavy;17139199]Except we stop rounding up in math in 4th grade[/QUOTE]
Sadly in middle school we still round up.
[QUOTE=Red Heavy;17139199]Except we stop rounding up in math in 4th grade[/QUOTE]
Not true. Ever taken Chemistry?
[QUOTE=Red Heavy;17139199]Except we stop rounding up in math in 4th grade[/QUOTE]
but your calculator doesn't, if a number is too long it will round.
I'm thinking this thread is frying everyone's brains.
[QUOTE=ray243;17139455]I'm thinking this thread is frying everyone's brains.[/QUOTE]
Unless you read it.
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