RE: [split] 0.999... equals 1
September 22, 2009 at 12:24 pm
(This post was last modified: September 22, 2009 at 12:30 pm by Rob.)
Wolfram Alpha is not performing the correct calculation.
when you ask it to multiply 0.999 by 10 the value it comes up with is 9.990
in order to feed it the correct starting value of X I have given it (1/3)*3. it returns 9, as expected:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=10X...1%2F3%29*3
Its quite likely that its rounding up at some stage, as this is a computer system and they have finite space to hold and compute infinity recursive numbers.
when you ask it to multiply 0.999 by 10 the value it comes up with is 9.990
in order to feed it the correct starting value of X I have given it (1/3)*3. it returns 9, as expected:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=10X...1%2F3%29*3
Its quite likely that its rounding up at some stage, as this is a computer system and they have finite space to hold and compute infinity recursive numbers.
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