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Re:0.999...= 1 by ant6n on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @05:19AM (#23005170)
> Any middle school student can calculate 1/3 to be 0.33333... using long division, ...

...the same way That Chuck Norris can count to infinity... twice!

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Re:0.999...= 1 by mywittyname on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @10:27AM (#23007279)
I smart middle-schooler is absolutely capable of understanding that dividing 1/3 results in an infinitely repeating sequence of 0.33333... Even without understanding the concept of infinity, they will quickly realize that there's no reason to believe the problem will stop adding a 3 to the end of the result with each iteration.
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Re:0.999...= 1 by ant6n on Thursday April 30, 2020 @05:24AM (#23029004)
> I smart middle-schooler is absolutely capable of understanding that dividing 1/3 results in an infinitely repeating sequence of 0.33333..

And how will I smart middle-schooler know that the result of running the long division algorithm is exactly 1/3, rather than some approximation.

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Re:0.999...= 1 by gbrown on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @10:12AM (#23007134)
Recursively?
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