Fun with math: Dividing one by 998001 yields a surprising result

Re:Fun with math: Dividing one by 998001 yields a surprising... by tspiteri on Thursday January 26, 2012 @12:21PM (#3514973)

And even the suggested 1/9801 for two digits produces no 98

    ... 95 96 97 99 00 01 02 ...

And extrapolating it to one digit, 1/81 gives

    0.012345679012345679...

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Re:Fun with math: Dividing one by 998001 yields a surprising... by joejohnson on Thursday January 26, 2012 @01:16PM (#3515213)

Again, the 100 overflows to the 99. This makes the 99 a 100 and then that overflows again and the 98 turns to a 99.

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