If 0.999 (etc.) = 1, does 1

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If 0.999 (etc.) = 1, does 1 - 0.999 = 0?

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RE: If 0.999 (etc.) = 1, does 1 - 0.999 = 0?

March 4, 2012 at 5:57 pm

(March 4, 2012 at 5:36 pm)Vaeolet Lilly Blossom Wrote: No silly... if number minus number = 0.... then the doughnuts have won!

See? Every one of them is a 0.

Naw, but you see, there are other circular things. What about Cherrios? Fruit Loops? There are lots of DVD's and mood rings too but I think they are somewhat less numerous, though they may have the last laugh since they're not biodegradable.

So I think there will be a cereal alliance against the doughnuts, which will result in a fight to the death where the Cheerios would swarm the donuts by sticking to them, thereby suffocating them and killing them all. After that it would be an epic three way battle between Apple Jacks, Cheerios, and Fruit Loops (and any other types of O-shaped cereal I've forgotten, but the Cheerios' sheer numbers will ensure they will emerge victorious).

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If 0.999 (etc.) = 1, does 1 - 0.999 = 0? - by Child of Stardust - March 4, 2012 at 1:53 pm

RE: If 0.999 (etc.) = 1, does 1 - 0.999 = 0? - by Tiberius - March 4, 2012 at 2:00 pm

RE: If 0.999 (etc.) = 1, does 1 - 0.999 = 0? - by Child of Stardust - March 4, 2012 at 2:16 pm

RE: If 0.999 (etc.) = 1, does 1 - 0.999 = 0? - by LastPoet - March 4, 2012 at 2:52 pm

RE: If 0.999 (etc.) = 1, does 1 - 0.999 = 0? - by Child of Stardust - March 4, 2012 at 2:57 pm

RE: If 0.999 (etc.) = 1, does 1 - 0.999 = 0? - by Categories+Sheaves - March 4, 2012 at 2:56 pm

RE: If 0.999 (etc.) = 1, does 1 - 0.999 = 0? - by LastPoet - March 4, 2012 at 3:11 pm

RE: If 0.999 (etc.) = 1, does 1 - 0.999 = 0? - by Child of Stardust - March 4, 2012 at 5:13 pm

RE: If 0.999 (etc.) = 1, does 1 - 0.999 = 0? - by Violet - March 4, 2012 at 5:36 pm

RE: If 0.999 (etc.) = 1, does 1 - 0.999 = 0? - by Child of Stardust - March 4, 2012 at 5:57 pm

RE: If 0.999 (etc.) = 1, does 1 - 0.999 = 0? - by Violet - March 4, 2012 at 6:06 pm

RE: If 0.999 (etc.) = 1, does 1 - 0.999 = 0? - by Categories+Sheaves - March 4, 2012 at 6:08 pm

RE: If 0.999 (etc.) = 1, does 1 - 0.999 = 0? - by Child of Stardust - March 6, 2012 at 1:33 am

RE: If 0.999 (etc.) = 1, does 1 - 0.999 = 0? - by Cogitantis - March 6, 2012 at 10:27 am

RE: If 0.999 (etc.) = 1, does 1 - 0.999 = 0? - by Child of Stardust - March 6, 2012 at 2:12 pm

RE: If 0.999 (etc.) = 1, does 1 - 0.999 = 0? - by Violet - March 4, 2012 at 6:10 pm

RE: If 0.999 (etc.) = 1, does 1 - 0.999 = 0? - by Categories+Sheaves - March 4, 2012 at 6:39 pm

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