Poll: Does 0.99 Recurring = 1

Does 0.99 Recurring = 1

  • Yes

    Votes: 225 42.5%

  • No

    Votes: 304 57.5%
  • Total voters
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Originally posted by AlphaNumeric
Graphs introduce the fact you have to show something in the real world. In maths, you don't have that constraint, so you can "push" it all the way to 0.5 :)
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I follow that, but surely, 0.9r/2 = 0.49r?

Don't get stressed like you have been, im being nice :p
 
Originally posted by jokester
graph0.9r.JPG


Sorry about the quality. It's supposed to be a flat line at y = 1

:p

Jokester
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lol very good!

and i now take back what i said about 0.9r not ever equaling 1 on a graph, as 0.9r DOES equal 1, as has been proven before.


I shouldn't have said anything about the graph stuff
 
Originally posted by AlphaNumeric

Graphs introduce the fact you have to show something in the real world. In maths, you don't have that constraint, so you can "push" it all the way to 0.5 :)
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so basically maths doesnt work in the real world ?:p
 
Originally posted by AlphaNumeric
Looks self consisent to me? Who said x = 1? I take 1x from one side, and the value of x from the other, thats how it works. [/B]
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Dam. I think I kinda see your point now but I'm not sure. I still don't and won't agree that 0.9r = 1 though because it isn't.

And btw, I just noticed that this entire debate (including the other thread) has totalled 700 + replies! That's a lot in only 2 days. :eek:
 
Originally posted by memphisto
so basically maths doesnt work in the real world ?
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exactly there for its flawed and hence 0.9r does not = 1 anywhere else aprt from in maths.

so does .9r = 1 no
does it = 1 in maths yes.
 
Originally posted by VDO

That was a joke, referring to the rumored top-secret United States government facility commonly referred to as Area 51.
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and i was joking referring to the poster we have on OcUK called Area 51 :p

jeez did i say something about sense of humour before :p
 
Originally posted by memphisto
so basically maths doesnt work in the real world ?
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There's a tiny tiny discrepency about the possible things in physics and maths, because the universe is quantised. However, the difference is somewhere around the 100th decimal place. Given that physical impossibilites with measuring things this is irrelevant anyway. Maths works in the real word, because any problem you might have with "But what happened 100 billion 9's down the line?" is fuzzed over by the uncertainness that exists in the universe. Even the universe doesn't know whats going on down by the 100 billionth digit.
Originally posted by AcidHell2
does it = 1 in maths yes.
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Did you miss me saying that about a dozen times in this and the other thread?
 
Originally posted by memphisto
and i was joking referring to the poster we have on OcUK called Area 51 :p

jeez did i say something about sense of humour before :p
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I wasn't aware of him :o

I did guess that that may have been a joke, but my cat was attacking my keyboard viciously (I suspect he's jealous of all the attention the laptop's getting) so I had to make the reply brief :p
 
Originally posted by Wardie
Therefor 0.9r can not equal 1 as different values are the output of that equation? :confused:
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You are talking about showing 0.5 = 0.49r, which is true. Or have I missed something?
Originally posted by AcidHell2
maybe i should be a comedian for the highley intelligant then.
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Its more an "at you, not with you" thing though.
 
Originally posted by AlphaNumeric
There's a tiny tiny discrepency about the possible things in physics and maths, because the universe is quantised. However, the difference is somewhere around the 100th decimal place. Given that physical impossibilites with measuring things this is irrelevant anyway. Maths works in the real word, because any problem you might have with "But what happened 100 billion 9's down the line?" is fuzzed over by the uncertainness that exists in the universe. Even the universe doesn't know whats going on down by the 100 billionth digit.
Did you miss me saying that about a dozen times in this and the other thread? I've been saying "In maths yes, in reality no"
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and have you been reading all my post that says maths is flawed, and that in reallity o.9r isnt 1.


the question 0.9r = 1 is not true cos the real world tells us so.
However a flawed model of are universe which is maths tells us it does infact =1 but because we no it doesnt how can you possibly say that 0.9r actrally = 1.
 
Originally posted by AlphaNumeric
You are talking about showing 0.5 = 0.49r, which is true. Or have I missed something?
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I was trying to possibly show how 0.9r can not be equal to 1. As when they are divided, different outcomes occur.

1/2 = 0.5

0.9r/2 = 0.49r?

Yes, im way out of my league I know. No harm in trying to push things though, the more thought you put into something, the more you will remember it or understand it.
 
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