The Sedin's 6th Sense Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 *Friend brought this up today and I found it pretty intriguing, tricky, and difficult. So I thought I'd ask cdc on what they think of it.* Alright, here's a tough math related question if you think about it and take what I say leading up to it into consideration; here you all go, have fun: • In math, if there's a uniform pattern, it'll continue on and you can guess the upcoming sequence/series by predicting from the pattern seen before it. Example: 2, 4, 6, 8, _ = 10 It is an approved math law and one that is used by scientists and mathematicians globallly to do work - they often times simply see and use a pattern to figure something out that they are working on. • Moving on with that ( ^ ), here is my question to you with that specific law applied to it. It is considered that 1/1 = 1, but here's something that questions if it really is 1 or not. 1/3 = 0.3333... 2/3 = 0.6666... Now, using the law of sequences and series, moving forward, seeing and utilizing the pattern seen above, this is what the next blank should be: 3/3 = 0.9999... If 3/3 = 1/1, shouldn't that mean that 1/1 technically = 0.9999... ? I'm not saying 1/1 = 0.9999..., but what evidence can there be to prove this wrong cause this is evidence that 3/3 is/can be = 0.9999... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McMillan Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Are you serious? This is stupid. The first two are already broken down to the lowest fraction where 3/3 isn't. Not to mention to get your 0.33333... you divide 1 by 3 if you divide 3 by 3 you get 1. Seriously, this is retarded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostViking Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 *Friend brought this up today and I found it pretty intriguing, tricky, and difficult. So I thought I'd ask cdc on what they think of it.* Alright, here's a tough math related question if you think about it and take what I say leading up to it into consideration; here you all go, have fun: • In math, if there's a uniform pattern, it'll continue on and you can guess the upcoming sequence/series by predicting from the pattern seen before it. Example: 2, 4, 6, 8, _ = 10 It is an approved math law and one that is used by scientists and mathematicians globallly to do work - they often times simply see and use a pattern to figure something out that they are working on. • Moving on with that ( ^ ), here is my question to you with that specific law applied to it. It is considered that 1/1 = 1, but here's something that questions if it really is 1 or not. 1/3 = 0.3333... 2/3 = 0.6666... Now, using the law of sequences and series, moving forward, seeing and utilizing the pattern seen above, this is what the next blank should be: 3/3 = 0.9999... If 3/3 = 1/1, shouldn't that mean that 1/1 technically = 0.9999... ? I'm not saying 1/1 = 0.9999..., but what evidence can there be to prove this wrong cause this is evidence that 3/3 is/can be = 0.9999... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoaltenderInterference Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Why 0.999... = 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 I want to play. What number comes up if 1 is divided by infinity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sedin's 6th Sense Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 Woah, people be angered, just a fun topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z3tt3rB3rg19 Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 I want to play. What number comes up if 1 is divided by infinity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks since 77 Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 I want to play. What number comes up if 1 is divided by infinity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drybone Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 *Friend brought this up today and I found it pretty intriguing, tricky, and difficult. So I thought I'd ask cdc on what they think of it.* Alright, here's a tough math related question if you think about it and take what I say leading up to it into consideration; here you all go, have fun: • In math, if there's a uniform pattern, it'll continue on and you can guess the upcoming sequence/series by predicting from the pattern seen before it. Example: 2, 4, 6, 8, _ = 10 It is an approved math law and one that is used by scientists and mathematicians globallly to do work - they often times simply see and use a pattern to figure something out that they are working on. • Moving on with that ( ^ ), here is my question to you with that specific law applied to it. It is considered that 1/1 = 1, but here's something that questions if it really is 1 or not. 1/3 = 0.3333... 2/3 = 0.6666... Now, using the law of sequences and series, moving forward, seeing and utilizing the pattern seen above, this is what the next blank should be: 3/3 = 0.9999... If 3/3 = 1/1, shouldn't that mean that 1/1 technically = 0.9999... ? I'm not saying 1/1 = 0.9999..., but what evidence can there be to prove this wrong cause this is evidence that 3/3 is/can be = 0.9999... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Lets just say you cant finish writing the answer out . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drybone Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Lets just say you cant finish writing the answer out . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z3tt3rB3rg19 Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 = 1 ____ (0/0) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grape Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Just say you shoot an arrow at a target. When it travels to its target, it has to go half way, then half of rest of the way, then half of the rest of the way, then half of the rest of the way... and so on, forever. This formula shows that the arrow will never be able to get to the target, which is why 1=0.9999... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucklax Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Just say you shoot an arrow at a target. When it travels to its target, it has to go half way, then half of rest of the way, then half of the rest of the way, then half of the rest of the way... and so on, forever. This formula shows that the arrow will never be able to get to the target, which is why 1=0.9999... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BuckFoston Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 At times like these, it's best to step away from the bong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Glad to see you people enjoy math so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theminister Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 I want to play. What number comes up if 1 is divided by infinity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Glad to see you people enjoy math so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mastaj Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 It's already been said, but there are 2 glaring errors here: *Friend brought this up today and I found it pretty intriguing, tricky, and difficult. So I thought I'd ask cdc on what they think of it.* Alright, here's a tough math related question if you think about it and take what I say leading up to it into consideration; here you all go, have fun: • In math, if there's a uniform pattern, it'll continue on and you can guess the upcoming sequence/series by predicting from the pattern seen before it. Example: 2, 4, 6, 8, _ = 10 It is an approved math law and one that is used by scientists and mathematicians globallly to do work - they often times simply see and use a pattern to figure something out that they are working on. • Moving on with that ( ^ ), here is my question to you with that specific law applied to it. It is considered that 1/1 = 1, but here's something that questions if it really is 1 or not. 1/3 = 0.3333... 2/3 = 0.6666... Now, using the law of sequences and series, moving forward, seeing and utilizing the pattern seen above, this is what the next blank should be: 3/3 = 0.9999... If 3/3 = 1/1, shouldn't that mean that 1/1 technically = 0.9999... ? I'm not saying 1/1 = 0.9999..., but what evidence can there be to prove this wrong cause this is evidence that 3/3 is/can be = 0.9999... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayman Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 3/3=1... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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