Thread: .999999 = 1
View Single Post
Old Jun 20, 2006 | 09:03 AM
  #46  
clickwir's Avatar
clickwir
Floppy Death! noES!!!
 
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 21,218
Likes: 0
From: Scranton, PA
Default

Originally Posted by Tark
dude that is the weakest argument ever! something can be represented 2 different ways.
Yes, but 2 things represented in the same "way" are not equal.

Yes 2/2 equals 1. Those are 2 diffrent "ways" of saying the same thing. 2 diffrent forms of the same.

But you cannot compare the same form of things to each other unless they are 100% the same.

You cannot simply say 1/3 = .333 repeating plus 2/3 repeating = .666 repeating and that all adds up to 1. No, 1/3 + 2/3 = 1. But .333 + .666 = .999 that doesn't mean .999 is 1.
Reply