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Re:0.999...= 1 by hota_mazi on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @11:41AM (#23008091)
Hehe... smart man.

Another one is that

1 / 3 * 3 = 1

<==> 0.333... * 3 = 1

<==> 0.999... = 1

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Re:0.999...= 1 by umvi on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @11:45AM (#23008125)
"yes but 1/3 does not equal .333... it's just an approximation since there's no perfect way to represent 1/3"
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Re:0.999...= 1 by jdoliner on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @12:58PM (#23008987)
If 1/3 doesn't equal .333... then how much do they differ by?
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Re:0.999...= 1 by brutt on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @01:04PM (#23009054) 

    (1/3)/∞
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Re:0.999...= 1 by brutt on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @12:58PM (#23008984)
In base 3,

    1/10*10=1, 0.1*10=1
What the problem?
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