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Old Nov 6, 2006 | 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Jani
1/3 cannot be written as an exact decimal.... .33333repeating is an Approximation.

proofs lose validity when you approximate.

limit of .9999 = 1, but .9999 != 1
This should close the case.
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