• barsoap@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    Somehow I have the feeling that this is not going to convince people who think that 0.9999… /= 1, but only make them madder.

    Personally I like to point to the difference, or rather non-difference, between 0.333… and ⅓, then ask them what multiplying each by 3 is.

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      3 months ago

      The thing is 0.333… And 1/3 represent the same thing. Base 10 struggles to represent the thirds in decimal form. You get other decimal issues like this in other base formats too

      (I think, if I remember correctly. Lol)

    • DeanFogg@lemm.ee
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      6 months ago

      Cut a banana into thirds and you lose material from cutting it hence .9999