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Number crunching curios
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RE: Number crunching curios
December 16, 2013 at 10:40 am
(December 16, 2013 at 10:27 am)pocaracas Wrote:
(December 16, 2013 at 10:20 am)Chas Wrote: And the fun of dividing by nine, too.
9/9 = 0.999999...
No, no, no, no ,no, no!
9/9 = 1
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Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!

1 = 0.999999...
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RE: Number crunching curios
December 16, 2013 at 10:57 am
(December 16, 2013 at 10:40 am)Chas Wrote:
(December 16, 2013 at 10:27 am)pocaracas Wrote: No, no, no, no ,no, no!
9/9 = 1
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Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!

1 = 0.999999...

Can't be!....
Confused Fall

but it is... damn... the decimal system is flawed!
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#13
RE: Number crunching curios
December 16, 2013 at 11:08 am
Not this again!
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RE: Number crunching curios
December 16, 2013 at 11:28 am
(December 16, 2013 at 10:57 am)pocaracas Wrote:
(December 16, 2013 at 10:40 am)Chas Wrote: Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!

1 = 0.999999...

Can't be!....
Confused Fall

but it is... damn... the decimal system is flawed!

Not a problem with the decimal system; this is a truth with all number bases.
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RE: Number crunching curios
December 16, 2013 at 11:34 am
(December 16, 2013 at 11:28 am)Chas Wrote:
(December 16, 2013 at 10:57 am)pocaracas Wrote: Can't be!....
Confused Fall

but it is... damn... the decimal system is flawed!

Not a problem with the decimal system; this is a truth with all number bases.

All?!
So... there is a conspiracy...
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RE: Number crunching curios
December 16, 2013 at 12:04 pm
(December 16, 2013 at 11:34 am)pocaracas Wrote:
(December 16, 2013 at 11:28 am)Chas Wrote: Not a problem with the decimal system; this is a truth with all number bases.

All?!
So... there is a conspiracy...
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Yes, it's called infinite series; in particular, convergent series.

But now that you've found out, we have to kill you. Sorry.


Not really. Sorry, that is.
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RE: Number crunching curios
December 16, 2013 at 12:17 pm
In the meantime... more math crazy stuff anyone?

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RE: Number crunching curios
December 19, 2013 at 8:21 am
Does anyone know why nine works the way it does?

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RE: Number crunching curios
December 19, 2013 at 10:24 am
(December 19, 2013 at 8:21 am)Godschild Wrote: Does anyone know why nine works the way it does?

And what way is that?
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RE: Number crunching curios
December 19, 2013 at 10:54 am
(December 19, 2013 at 8:21 am)Godschild Wrote: Does anyone know why nine works the way it does?

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The properties of the number 9 in base 10 are not unique. They are common to other numbers n-1 in base n, especially where n is the product of two primes. 10 is such a number, 2x5.
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