1 = ?

[Smear]

Ohh, I get it.

So it is pretty much impossible to add 0.99999999... with itself, so we just call it 1?

[CrabHelmet]

Ohh' date=' I get it.

So it is pretty much impossible to add 0.99999999... with itself, so we just call it 1?

[/quote']

 

Nononono. 0.999... can be added to itself just fine. The result is 1.999....

 

You're still labouring under the false assumption that 0.999... isn't really 1, that there is some infinitesimal difference between the two that we ignore because it's too difficult to deal with it. That's wrong. There is literally no difference at all. They are the same number written in two different ways. They represent the same element of the set of real numbers. They are equal.

[Smear]

Ohh.

 

So, 0.9999999999999... = 1.

 

I'm only in year 8, so this stuff is confusing.

o_O

[Womi]

Ohh.

 

So' date=' 0.9999999999999... = 1.

 

I'm only in year 8, so this stuff is confusing.

o_O

[/quote']

 

But it looks like you got it now.

[Smear]

Awesome.

 

And in the end, it was simple.

xD

 

Sorta. o_O

[LiAM]

Well Crab taught me something new xD

 

Thnx for solving the odd question and putting me out my misery.

 

Wut about 2+2=5 (2.4) I learnt that from YCM too.

[Womi]

Well Crab taught me something new xD

 

Thnx for solving the odd question and putting me out my misery.

 

Wut about 2+2=5 (2.4) I learnt that from YCM too.

 

there is really no point in that.

II + II = IIII

(These ain't roman numbers)

[Guest PikaPerson01]

Hmm, the discussion appears just about over here, but I thought this link would be mildly relevant:

 

http://qntm.org/pointnine

 

Think of it as further reading if you still remain unconvinced.

[Flexh]

Well Crab taught me something new xD

 

Thnx for solving the odd question and putting me out my misery.

 

Wut about 2+2=5 (2.4) I learnt that from YCM too.

 

there is really no point in that.

II + II = IIII

(These ain't roman numbers)

 

So what are they

[Maghion Syaoran Light]

if 2+2 =/= 4, then what is 2+2?

[Aximil]

Unfortunately' date=' YCM is not known for its ability to understand [s']high school math[/s] just about anything, so I don't expect my waffling about the convergent sum of a geometric series to be met with anything more than "me brain hurt",

me brain hurt

lol, couldn't resist. But I do understand it.

pretty much all it does in terms of weirdness is let you divide by zero.

This will no longer happen?

[BehindTheMask]

Crab, your intelligence also surprising me.

 

I also knew about .999... = 1 :D

[Womi]

So what are they

If you want' date=' these are matches. Or little sticks. Or some pixels.

 

if 2+2 =/= 4, then what is 2+2?

2 + 2 = 4

 

1st grade. ;/

[Aximil]

2 + 2 = 4

 

1st grade. ;/

 

[meanness]Retard baby! I learned that before going to school![/meanness]

 

The sad thing is that they still try to teach 2+2=4 in the 3rd grade.

[Womi]

2 + 2 = 4

 

1st grade. ;/

 

[meanness]Retard baby! I learned that before going to school![/meanness]

 

You mean.....like everybody mentally intact? ;P

[ihop]

0.999999(recurring)=1

[Womi]

Thank you for saying that again.

[Maghion Syaoran Light]

2+2 = 3.9999999999999999999999... ^_^

[-Berserker-]

1+1 = 10

 

It's true, no joke.

[LiAM]

1+1 = 10

 

It's true' date=' no joke.

[/quote']

 

How comes?

[-Berserker-]

1+1 = 10

 

It's true' date=' no joke.

[/quote']

 

How comes?

 

You don't have to think in decimal.

[LiAM]

I'm lost.

[CrabHelmet]

There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who don't understand binary, and those who are sick of this lame joke.

[LiAM]

There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who don't understand binary' date=' and those who are sick of this lame joke.

[/quote']

 

Oh right, binary...

 

I don't understand binary apart from 1=on and 0=off (from Tech lessons)

 

But I'm sure it makes sense somehow.

[Theseus]

Ah, but you are wrong. Divide a pie into thirds and you have 1/3 which can be converted to an infinite decimal system, that will always come back to one.