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[–] [email protected] 70 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Somehow I have the feeling that this is not going to convince people who think that 0.9999... /= 1, but only make them madder.

Personally I like to point to the difference, or rather non-difference, between 0.333... and ⅓, then ask them what multiplying each by 3 is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Oh shit, don't think I saw that before. That makes it intuitive as hell.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

The thing is 0.333... And 1/3 represent the same thing. Base 10 struggles to represent the thirds in decimal form. You get other decimal issues like this in other base formats too

(I think, if I remember correctly. Lol)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Cut a banana into thirds and you lose material from cutting it hence .9999

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

That’s not how fractions and math work though.