Tigs Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Is this math? Or just some weird scheme to science us all to death! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:D Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 You guys sound like fun guys to hang around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MillerGenuineDraft Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 1/3 is 1/3. 2/3 is 2/3. 3/3 is 3/3 or 1/1 or 1. 1/3 is not .333. This is an estimate. 2/3 is not .666. This is an estimate. 3/3 is not .999. This is just stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marleau_12 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...
whysoserious Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Well, lets look at it algebraically, lets x be .9999999 repeating, x=.99999, if we multiply both sides by 100, or whatever number you want, we get, 100x = 99.999999 Now that we have two equations, to solve, we subtract 100x=99.99999 by x=.999999 100x=99.999999 - 1x= .999999 We now get, 99x=99 So, x=1, which means 1= .9999999 as they both equal to x. In conclusion, 3/3 can be 1 OR .9999 as they are the equal. .99999 is just a different notation of writing 1. This applies to other numbers as well, 2.999=3, or 4.49999 = 4.5, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucklax Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 can we rename this "stupidest and one of the simplest math questions I've seen" 1/3 doesn't equal .333, .333 is as close as decimals can get to the real number, due to the limits of decimals apparently everyone thinks this is a big math conspiracy or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sedin's 6th Sense Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 Well, lets look at it algebraically, lets x be .9999999 repeating, x=.99999, if we multiply both sides by 100, or whatever number you want, we get, 100x = 99.999999 Now that we have two equations, to solve, we subtract 100x=99.99999 by x=.999999 100x=99.999999 - 1x= .999999 We now get, 99x=99 So, x=1, which means 1= .9999999 as they both equal to x. In conclusion, 3/3 can be 1 OR .9999 as they are the equal. .99999 is just a different notation of writing 1. This applies to other numbers as well, 2.999=3, or 4.49999 = 4.5, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyJoeJoeJr. Shabadoo Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 It's been done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillerGenuineDraft Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Well, lets look at it algebraically, lets x be .9999999 repeating, x=.99999, if we multiply both sides by 100, or whatever number you want, we get, 100x = 99.999999 Now that we have two equations, to solve, we subtract 100x=99.99999 by x=.999999 100x=99.999999 - 1x= .999999 We now get, 99x=99 So, x=1, which means 1= .9999999 as they both equal to x. In conclusion, 3/3 can be 1 OR .9999 as they are the equal. .99999 is just a different notation of writing 1. This applies to other numbers as well, 2.999=3, or 4.49999 = 4.5, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucklax Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Well, lets look at it algebraically, lets x be .9999999 repeating, x=.99999, if we multiply both sides by 100, or whatever number you want, we get, 100x = 99.999999 Now that we have two equations, to solve, we subtract 100x=99.99999 by x=.999999 100x=99.999999 - 1x= .999999 We now get, 99x=99 So, x=1, which means 1= .9999999 as they both equal to x. In conclusion, 3/3 can be 1 OR .9999 as they are the equal. .99999 is just a different notation of writing 1. This applies to other numbers as well, 2.999=3, or 4.49999 = 4.5, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sedin's 6th Sense Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 Can somebodyz solvez this mysteryz??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillerGenuineDraft Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 You are completely wrong in your math, you give x 2 different values to get your desired 2 different answers, nice job tricking the others on here calling you a math genius but your math doesn't work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulihpoeht Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Double Post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulihpoeht Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Well, this is actually proof that 1= 0.99999 (continued) The easy way to look at it's proof is 1/3 + 2/3 =3/3 Which means .333 continued + .666 continued =.999 continued. Which means .999 continued and 1 are the exact same thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucklax Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 He is calling x 1 or 0.99999, because that proves that 1 and 0.99999 and the same numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucklax Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulihpoeht Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 dues to the limitations of decimals, those fractions don't exactly equal .33 or .66,that is just as close as we can get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucklax Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 yes, but that still doesn't change the fact that .999 continued is equal to 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulihpoeht Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 no you don't understand, .33 does not equal 1/3, its as close to the actual number as we can get, the same for 2/3s and .666. this is why .666 is usually rounded to .67 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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