What is .99 repeating as a fraction?

They're there. You just can't see them because they're zeroes.

Quote: QuadDeuces

OMFG, does .888... = 1.0

.888... = .888...

JyBrd0403 has finally gone full retard (to the limit of infinity, of course).

Quote: QuadDeuces

JyBrd0403 has finally gone full retard (to the limit of infinity, of course).

Personal Insult??????

Quote: QuadDeuces

JyBrd0403 has finally gone full retard (to the limit of infinity, of course).

Repeat

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Quote: JyBrd0403

Personal Insult??????

Maybe. But you're flooding the thread, too.

Wait til the Wizard sees it. Don't pressure him, it's not nice.

Quote: Nareed

Maybe. But you're flooding the thread, too.

Wait til the Wizard sees it. Don't pressure him, it's not nice.

Not a problem Nareed. Take it easy I'm gone, before 2 starts equaling 1 around here. Hasn't been a useful post on this forum in years anyway. I end up having to go to yahoo answers to get the answer anyway. Still amazes me that someone got the D'Alembert info correct, and I didn't have to argue about it for 500 posts. Later.

.333... equals one-third
.666... equals two-thirds

.999... equals three-thirds, or one whole.

Back to third grade math, we have many numbers that are equivalent, in fact, we have an infinite amount of them. For instance, there is 1/2, and 2/4, and 4/8, and 8/16, and 16/32, and 32/64, and 33/66, and 11/22, and ... get the point?

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Hasn't been a useful post on this forum in years anyway.

That's a succinct way to slam everyone here.

Quote: JyBrd0403

I end up having to go to yahoo answers to get the answer anyway. Still amazes me that someone got the D'Alembert info correct, and I didn't have to argue about it for 500 posts.

It amazes me that after 500 posts telling you the answer you still refuse to accept it because it wasn't what you wanted it to be.

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Later.

Adios.

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.I just want to know if .333... =.333... or some other number

We usually think of 0.3333333.... = 1/3, and vice versa, thus they are equivalent or interchangeable deductively. When we apply the rule that multiplying one side of an equation by a factor k requires likewise multiplying the other side by that factor also, we get

(k)(0.3333333....) = (k)(1/3),

and if we let k = 3 (exactly), then

(3)(0.3333333....) = 0.9999999.... = (3)(1/3) = 1.

I still think that this whole thread was a grand experiment in pushing the limits of Poe's law.

If JyByrd posted only the following on one of his post, I believe that would be the extreme of Poe's law:

;)

QuadDeuces, Base 9 does clearly show the flaw in the Base 10 system when dealing with .333... * 3 . If you are saying that .888... = 1 in Base 9 you are incorrect, though. 1 = 1.

You don't mind me correcting your math here do you? I didn't know much about base 9 until your posts here, and I didn't look into it at all until the other day. I logically deduced that in base 9, 10 would be where 9 is in base 10. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10. Just to make sure I looked it up on Google. I was correct, of course. Then I made the mistake of looking into it a little further. The math they do for this Base 9 stuff is so BAD it's ridiculous. If it wouldn't get me banned I would hurle out a string of insults at these guys right now. Take a look at how one coverts Base 9 numbers to Base 10. Here's how they do the conversion of the number 287 in base 9 to base 10.

287 Base 9 converted into Base 10

(9^0 x 7) + (9^1 x 8) + (9^2 x 2) = (1 x 7) + (9 x 8) + (81 x 2) = 7 + 72 + 162 = 241

287 (Base 9) = 241 (Base 10)

The answer is so WRONG it's not funny. The real answer is 259. Their equation is illogical nonsense, and gives the wrong answer. Too bad those guys don't check their math.

How do I get 259? I can just count by 1's to 259 and get the answer in base 10. But, if you want to make it easier to count, convert the number 105 base 9 to base 10. It won't take long to count to 100 (which is where their equation starts failing). Their equation shows 105 (base 9) = 86 (base 10). The correct answer is 95 (base 10). You can clearly count 95 below (105 Base 9).

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10 = 9 in Base 10

11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,20 = 18 in Base 10

21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,30 = 27 in Base 10

31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,40 = 36 in Base 10

41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,50 = 45 in Base 10

51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,60 = 54 in Base 10

61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,70 = 63 in Base 10

71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,80 = 72 in Base 10

81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,90 = 81 in Base 10

91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,100= 90 in Base 10

101,102,103,104,105 = 95 in Base 10

See, that didn't take too long, counting by 1's, 105 (Base 9) = 95 (Base 10). See, I'm right, and all the Greatest Mathematical Geniuses of the world are wrong. :) So, I'll keep my finger attached to my hand thank you very much.

There's a much easier way of doing the math. 10 in Base 9 equals 9 in Base 10, so you can just simply multiply any multiple of 10 in Base 9 by .9 and amazingly enough, you just converted the number into base 10. If the number doesn't end in a 0, you just add the left over digits to the answer. Ex. 105 is 100 x .9 = 90 90 +5 = 95!

The problem in their equation is 9^2, it is Wrong to the Max (also wrong is 9^3,9^4,9^5,...). Try using my method and their method to convert 70 Base 9 to Base 10. Either way the answer is 63 Base 10. Their math goes haywire at 100. I'm not even going to get into the multiplying and division and all that stuff these guys are doing, they can't even convert the number into base 10, so I'm scared to even look at that kinda stuff. At least not without a huge supply of alcohol.

I will say, though, after this .999... thread I can see why they get the answer wrong. They don't know what the value of numbers are in Base 10. Plus, they have an equation that blah blah blah...



"I don't know if you will believe this or not, after some of the things I've said throughout the years, but I like people. I really do. I just have a very low tolerance for stupid B.S." - George Carlin R.I.P.

O.M.G.
are you really still going to continue this thread?
dude, you need a hobby!

Quote: JyBrd0403

81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,90 = 81 in Base 10

91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,100= 90 in Base 10

101,102,103,104,105 = 95 in Base 10

See, that didn't take too long, counting by 1's, 105 (Base 9) = 95 (Base 10). See, I'm right, and all the Greatest Mathematical Geniuses of the world are wrong. :)

The problem is that you have included 9s which don't exist in base 9.

81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,100 = 81 in Base 10

101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,110 = 90 in Base 10

111,112,113,114,115 = 95 in Base 10

If you want to argue base-n math, please start another thread, I can't wait for this thread to die.

Thanks CrystalMath, I should have taken my own advice and checked my math a little better. Hasta luego. All done, WongBo.