[split] 0.999... equals 1

[fr0d0]

Wrong, in base three 1 would be 1, but thanks for playing.

I can haz internet point?

Rhizo

Quiet you ok in base 3, 0.1 is a third

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Read the effin post Evie

"the "..." denotes infinity"

[Rhizomorph13]

Wrong, in base three 1 would be 1, but thanks for playing.

I can haz internet point?

Rhizo

Quiet you ok in base 3, 0.1 is a third

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Read the effin post Evie

"the "..." denotes infinity"

Damn it Fr0d0!

You got one right! Keep it up and you will be an atheist in no time!

lol,
Rhizo

[fr0d0]

Yay! ...oh no - irrationality will kill us all!!!

[Edwardo Piet]

Read the effin post Evie

"the "..." denotes infinity"

Actually you read mine, because I dealt with that.

You said 0.3r isn't a third because 0.3 multiplied by 3 is 0.9, not 1.0 But I said 0.3r not 0.3...

It denotes an infinite string of 3s on the end in the case of 0.3, and an infinite string of 9s in the case of 0.9, not the same as simply 0.3 or 0.9.

0.3r is not one third, because multiplied by 3 it equals 0.9... & not 1

That's fallacious reasoning you see. Because 0.3r is not the same number as 0.3. 0.3 X 3 is indeed 0.9...but 0.3r is not. 0.3r= 0.33333333333333333333333.... so is of course not the same as simply 0.3

EvF

[Rhizomorph13]

EvF,

I don't know if Fr0d0 went back and edited them (I don't think so because I remember seeing elipses "..." where he claims they have always been) but he always has the elipses in the right place.

Rhizo

[fr0d0]

No I didn't! I said 0.3r x 3 not 0.3 x 3!

Go read it!

(ahem - what he said ^^ )

[Edwardo Piet]

I directly quoted what you said fr0d0. That's what you said. Now perhaps you can explain what you mean, perhaps not - it's up to you.

You said exactly this :

0.3r is not one third, because multiplied by 3 it equals 0.9... & not 1

post #148, this thread.

EvF

[Rhizomorph13]

*Rhizo's mind implodes as the universe is unmade in a vacuum of WTF*

Rhizo
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Poit!

[fr0d0]

here you go then, if this is what you are referring to:

Me: "0.3r is not one third, because multiplied by 3 it equals 0.9... & not 1"

0.3r ..meaning 0.3 reoccurring
0.9... ..meaning 0.9 reoccurring

You missed the "..." off the end of 0.9 which doesn't make sense in the sum - but it was your misquote that made the sum wrong, my post was correct.

[Edwardo Piet]

I don't see where I missed anything in any of my posts on this matter here. But I do see where I missed the fact that by 0.3... you meant 0.3r, and I missed that you meant that.

So you are asking how 0.3r=1 third? Because 0.9r=1 because there can be no gap between it and 1 so it must be the same number...and so 1 third of it is 0.3r, and so 0.3r=1 third (of 1).

EvF