does 0.9999999999.... = 1?

[OG350]

I was just talking about this at school with some people, and everyone seems to have different opinions about this. what do you guys think?

[flyin#5]

it equals .9999999999....... unless you round up. :D :huh

[Ryan]

Why would it equal one? its 0.9 with I would think one thenth. I failed math anyways but im just telling you what I think

[TC17]

if it's barred, yeah you have to round up. but, if it's just 0.999...etc, then no it's not one because it doesn't say one is says 0.999...that's what i think about it anyway.

[Glow Plug]

KInd a stupid post but hey why not



yes it does equal one


why because i said so :blah

[flyin#5]

2003trx, the bar above it does not really mean round up. it means it is repeating but usually in math you round up so it would still be the same as .9999.....ect

[Doibugu2]

Does 1.5 = 2? No.

But .9999999999 is so close to equaling 1 that for most mathmatical equations using 1 would be fine. Its only worth you while to use .99999999 if you have to be extremly accurate.

i know the equation that proves that .999999999999999 equals 1 but i am to lazy to post it, but yes it is true. Just think of it, if the .999 goes on FOREVER, it has to be equal to 1, common sense. bah:mad:

[Sparks425Ex]

Originally posted by MastaOfDisasta
i know the equation that proves that .999999999999999 equals 1 but i am to lazy to post it, but yes it is true. Just think of it, if the .999 goes on FOREVER, it has to be equal to 1, common sense. bah:mad:

Sorry but there is no such formula. Unless you are talkin abou rounding to the nearest whole number or if you are dealing with money.(In some cases)

Two different numbers never equal each other. That is why you count from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and not 1, 1, 4, 5, 184, 6, 8, 3, 10.


Does 100=500. Ummmm. Nope. Common sense.

alright, then think of it this way...

If the two numbers are not equal, then
you know you can find a number between
the two of them. But what number could
go between:

0.9999999999999999999999...

...and:

1.0000000000000000000000...

There are other ways of looking at this,
too. Try following this pattern:

1/9 = 0.1111111...
2/9 = 0.2222222...
3/9 = 0.3333333...
4/9 = 0.4444444...
5/9 = 0.5555555...
6/9 = 0.6666666...
7/9 = 0.7777777...
8/9 = 0.8888888...

Then 9/9 = 0.9999999..., but 9/9 = 1
(anything divided by itself equals 1).

For other methods and further discussion,
try here:

Originally posted by MastaOfDisasta
i know the equation that proves that .999999999999999 equals 1 but i am to lazy to post it, but yes it is true. Just think of it, if the .999 goes on FOREVER, it has to be equal to 1, common sense. bah:mad:

no if .999999 went on forever it would equal .9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 you get my drift it is gonna be really close but there is no posible way that if you have .99999999 of somehting you will get one of it you will always have .999999 of it i mean think about it if you get a 99 on a test there is no way you can get a 100 you got a 99
killer

Originally posted by NACS425Ex


Sorry but there is no such formula. Unless you are talkin abou rounding to the nearest whole number or if you are dealing with money.(In some cases)

Two different numbers never equal each other. That is why you count from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and not 1, 1, 4, 5, 184, 6, 8, 3, 10.


Does 100=500. Ummmm. Nope. Common sense.

And there actually is a formula, they teach it at the University of Washington...

And there is a big difference between 100-500, there is numbers betwen it, where there is none .99.....- 1

Originally posted by KiLLeR300EX


no if .999999 went on forever it would equal .9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 you get my drift it is gonna be really close but there is no posible way that if you have .99999999 of somehting you will get one of it you will always have .999999 of it i mean think about it if you get a 99 on a test there is no way you can get a 100 you got a 99
killer

First thing, you didnt type .999 repeating, And there isnt really away for you to get 99.999 repeating on a test, if you did, you got 100 percent...

[OG350]

The answer depends if you are rounding 0.9999999999.... to a whole number.

Confusion would come from 0.9999999999.... being equal to 1 if you're rounding to a whole number, which I believe you are because you stated "= 1". You did not state "= 1.0000000000...". If you did, then I would definately said "no", they are not equal. Close yes; equal no.

Put another way, if the cost of something is $1.499 like a gallon of gasoline, people will (incorrectly) say that a gallon of gas costs $1.49. They should say it costs $1.50/gallon (marketing ploy developed years ago) because 1.499 is closer to 1.50 than 1.49. But to say $1.499/gallon is equal to $1.500 is absolutely INCORRECT (note that I have carried 1.500 to THREE decimal places, not two). $1.499/gallon is equal to $1.50 as I have brought it to only two decimal places, or accurate to the hundreths place.

Yet another example are money exchangers who commonly refer to the units of money they're changing to many decimal places. Being close here will certainly not cut it.

I have never seen a gas station that doesn't sell gasoline this way (by carrying the cents to the thousanths place).

You question/answer had nothing to do about being close, but everything to do with being EQUAL, which is an absolute - it either is or is not.

My 2¢.

[flyin#5]

masta, if numbers went on forever then .9999 would not equal 1 becuase it would just keep going. the only possible way to get one is if you stopped .99999... and started going up. get it?

Well, i am getting My information from people that have seriously thought this over, where are you guys getting your info? From what you think?:confused:

well if .99 repeating is equal to one then why are we not satisfied with carrying pie out only 2 places i mean i heard on the news in japan they made a machine to bring it out thousands more digits just to get it more acurate. Its not equal to 3.14 so we rounded with is completly diferent from equalling 3.14 and its the same place with .99 repeating. Also your 9/9 thing is with fractions we are talking about decimals we are talking 9/10 not 9/9 i mean correct me if im worng but ill ask my math teacher tom and im shure he will agree with me and he gets intreged with these kind of problems and will find the answer so im still with no and i will come on tom as soon as I get an answer but im sure it will be no it doesnt equal. .999999999 repeating will never NEVER equal 1 unless you round up it is extremely close but never equal
killer

[Tommy 17]

go into a aut cad program and type in 1 then go back and snap the start point type in .9999999... snap a line up at 90degrees and zoom in... u will see that the lines are not the same;)

[MichaelS693]

Originally posted by MastaOfDisasta
Well, i am getting My information from people that have seriously thought this over, where are you guys getting your info? From what you think?:confused:

once again its Masta > everyone else:D :D :cool:

[Nausty]

i hate math, too many numbers...

[400exrules]

its as close as u can get but not there yet

[Sparks425Ex]

Originally posted by 400ex21
go into a aut cad program and type in 1 then go back and snap the start point type in .9999999... snap a line up at 90degrees and zoom in... u will see that the lines are not the same;)

Thanks Tommy. That Proves it. If they were the same the lines would be on top of each other or teh same. They are not.


O yeah and a number between:




.9999999999
and
1.0000000000


Is simple. Just add another decimal place and put in anything but a 0.

how about .9999999993. That is between them. Please correct me if I am wrong but That is between both of those number.

[Nausty]

wait I tryed thinking this out but my brain was making me mad so i stabbed it with a q-tip...

Lol really though, I think there is a differance because really when you have .99999 and a 1 there is still that .00001 differance and so there is pry gonna be instances where you might use numbers like that when predicting astroid trajectories for example. So my answer .99999999999!

[Sparks425Ex]

O yeah and for your fraction theroy.

There are other fractions besides ?/9

Decimals create fractions.

If you have 2/9 and 3/9-Basiclly what you are saying is that there is nothign bewteen them.

Well you are wrong. 5/18 is between them and so is 7/24.


I could go on forever. But those just came off the top of my head. And I had a calculater in front of me.


2/9=.222222222
3/9=.999999999

Well
5/18=.27777777

And
7/24=.29166666

[Fender Bender]

:huh we have no lives......:D

[quadman]

ok i am in calculus and yes .99999999999999999 repeating equals one, dont contradict me because if you do then you are wrong

[quadman]

ok here it is
.1111111111111111 = 1/9
.2222222222222222 =2/9
.3333333333333333 = 3/9
.4444444444444444 = 4/9
.5555555555555555 = 5/9
.6666666666666666 = 6/9
.7777777777777777 = 7/9
.8888888888888888 = 8/9
.9999999999999999 = 9/9
and children what does 9/9 equal????????
IT EQUALS 1, SO .999999999999 REPEATING IS ONE, OK

Originally posted by quadman
ok here it is
.1111111111111111 = 1/9
.2222222222222222 =2/9
.3333333333333333 = 3/9
.4444444444444444 = 4/9
.5555555555555555 = 5/9
.6666666666666666 = 6/9
.7777777777777777 = 7/9
.8888888888888888 = 8/9
.9999999999999999 = 9/9
and children what does 9/9 equal????????
IT EQUALS 1, SO .999999999999 REPEATING IS ONE, OK

FINALLY!!! SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS!!! I am in 10th grade and also in calculus...

This is exactly what i posted above..

[quadman]

cool, someone else in 10th grade and in calculus, my friends think i am some kind of freak for being in calc in 10th grade, but i dont really care, its fun being smarter than 99.99999% of my school

[Instinctz]

One other thing that just annoyed me was masta saying 1/9, there is a 0/9 that you are so forgeting...

People think 0 is not a number, but rather a reference point.. not its a very important number which just happens to start everything, but be nothing... heh.

Your right, we have no lives.

[quadman]

i have a life, i have a life damn you

[Bean]

10 grade and calculis, u know what that equals = DDDDOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRKKKKKKK


i failed alg 1 in freshman, and passed pre alg by 2pts, and now i am a big bad 10th grader, and i am failing alg 1 again, but even i understand this

.99999999999 forver does NOT equal one, thats like saying :) = :( , which it doesnt

[tprender]

It all depends on what type of operation or problem that you are working. If you are doing probilaty there is a difference between 1 and 0.999999... When it is 1 that means that it will happen all of the time, such as tossing a coin it will come up heads every time that you flip the coin. If it is 0.9999999..., there is that one time that it will come up heads.
And for those of you doing the dividing of fractions, you forgot that the top number has to be less than the bottom number. N<D
Also, when finding a number between, you add the 2 numbers and divide by 2. And if I remember correctly their is a rule saying that between every 2 numbers there is another number.
It all depends on what you are rying to find and how accurate that you want your anwer to be.
I might not be a good speller, but I know a few things about math.
Lets go to something else that has more meaning, this is all that I hear about at work(school) every day. This is just about as dumb as what color should my numbers be on the plastic.

Originally posted by Bean
10 grade and calculis, u know what that equals = DDDDOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRKKKKKKK


i failed alg 1 in freshman, and passed pre alg by 2pts, and now i am a big bad 10th grader, and i am failing alg 1 again, but even i understand this

.99999999999 forver does NOT equal one, thats like saying :) = :( , which it doesnt

I would rather be a "DDDDOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRKKKKKKK" then a MORON!

But, i am not a dork, i am just a cool cat...


were not going to take your "Theory" becuase your are ever so slightly Stupid...

bla, bla bla i dont care anymore

Originally posted by custom450ex
bla, bla bla i dont care anymore


No one cares about you either, this is hardcore...

[Tommy 17]

Originally posted by MastaOfDisasta


I would rather be a "DDDDOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRKKKKKKK" then a MORON!

But, i am not a dork, i am just a cool cat...




ummmmmmm aren't u the one that play with wheel barrows for fun???????

[Bean]

i was just pointing out the more than obvious to the retards of the site, if a failing 10th grader knows it, and a 6th grader knows it, all of u should know it, and my theory rules, and its accurate
does :) = :( , NO it doesnt, :) = :) that is true, :mad: + :( = :grr , this is also true, this stuff is easy as h*ll, but go figure, some people hav more kids for welfare money, so i shouldnt be suprized that a few kids on here think that .9999999999 equals 1

Originally posted by 400ex21


ummmmmmm aren't u the one that play with wheel barrows for fun???????

Hmm...Arnt you the one that trys to get it with your "Girl" and somehow gets caught by her dad? Him i think so. Hmmm, i also think thats kinda dumb, and infact, i think that is hard to do...But you know, people these days...

Originally posted by Bean
i was just pointing out the more than obvious to the retards of the site, if a failing 10th grader knows it, and a 6th grader knows it, all of u should know it, and my theory rules, and its accurate
does :) = :( , NO it doesnt, :) = :) that is true, :mad: + :( = :grr , this is also true, this stuff is easy as h*ll, but go figure, some people hav more kids for welfare money, so i shouldnt be suprized that a few kids on here think that .9999999999 equals 1

your theory would be correct but there are also :rolleyes: which can go between :) and :(

[Tommy 17]

Originally posted by MastaOfDisasta


Hmm...Arnt you the one that trys to get it with your "Girl" and somehow gets caught by her dad? Him i think so. Hmmm, i also think thats kinda dumb, and infact, i think that is hard to do...But you know, people these days...



ummmm whos the one gettin sum... need i say more;)

[Instinctz]

lmao Bean!! :devil I think I just found a new signiture!
"Does :) =:( , NO, :) =:) !" haha

[Sparks425Ex]

Originally posted by 400ex21


ummmmmmm aren't u the one that play with wheel barrows for fun???????



LOL. I am with Tommy on that one.


O yeah Finally I got some ppl on my Side.

OK here is it simplified for you guys. Lets do a little "look at the picture and see if they are the same"


Yes=Yes (They look the same therefore equal)

Now the Hard one-

.99999999= 1.0000000000. (Not equal)

The first one has nothing in from of the deciamal the second one does. The first one is made of all 9's the second one is made up of one (1) and some 0's. Theya re not teh same/equal.

Originally posted by 400ex21




ummmm whos the one gettin sum... need i say more;)


Ya, thats a load of bull****. But sure. This makes your 10x more cool...how? Too me you kinda sound like a dumbass.. But i am sure more then enough people think the same about me..

[Nausty]

hey i'm starting to like math. I just came up with a new equation..

girls-clothes=fun
Heres the equation for next weekend:D If
(parents gone+girls over)girls-clothes (plus sized breasts*hot)=fun which tanslates to me=:D after her doing something that requires this face :eek:in "m:rolleyes:r:rolleyes:n form"


hehe math is not hard. You just have to make it interesting and combine it with things you already like+know.

[Guy400]

The number system is infinite. You can carry a decimal forever. .999999999 can go forever by just adding a more digits and you'll never reach 1.

You can divide any number in half indefinitely and never reach zero. Masta, stop jumping wheelbarrows and start paying attention in class.

Originally posted by Guy432
The number system is infinite. You can carry a decimal forever. .999999999 can go forever by just adding a more digits and you'll never reach 1.

You can divide any number in half indefinitely and never reach zero. Masta, stop jumping wheelbarrows and start paying attention in class.

So, are you saying what they teach at the University of Washington is Wrong?

I never knew you were a math wiz Guy...

[Nausty]

last time the teacher told me to pay attention in class, I got a detention for staring at her breasts...


oh yah more math
masta+flag pole+me(after school)=me>masta which again translated in m:rolleyes:r:rolleyes:n form

masta's ***=grass(after class)










hehe j/k masta, just making fun;)

[Guy400]

Originally posted by MastaOfDisasta


So, are you saying what they teach at the University of Washington is Wrong?

I never knew you were a math wiz Guy... <sigh> Sit down with a calculator and divide any number by 2. Tell me when it gets to zero....

Originally posted by Guy432
<sigh> Sit down with a calculator and divide any number by 2. Tell me when it gets to zero....


You never answer my question....

[TORO1968]

Being an engineering student and all, I'm gonna have to voice my opinion on this one... :)

0.9999999...repeating does not equal 1 if you are not rounding; this is like traveling from one place to another ever so slowly but never reaching your destination. You can get closer and closer to one when the resolution of your 0.999999... number increases, but technically, you'll never get there. This goes along the lines of what I was thinking of a while back. If I was to draw a line from point A to point B on my paper and was able to move my pencil slow enough (and I mean pretty damn slow!), it is possible that I'd never get to point B!! Kinda freaky isn't it? This concept is like when a curve approaches an asymptote but can never cross it. Ok, that's enough, I sound like a f**king dork now. :D

So, 0.99999...repeating does not equal 1, but 0.99999...rounded to a whole number equals 1.

Do you guys remember the crazy theory I posted a few months back about being trapped in a spherical ball, mirrored on the inside, with only a flashlight?? :) That's some f'ed up thinking...Man, I need to get back to studying for finals!! One day of tests and I'm free for 32 days! WooHoo!!

-Later

Jordan

[Bean]

damn, my words of wisdom are in a lot of peoples sigs, lmao

[Instinctz]

I can almost promise you that no one above 4th grade level, and also people not trying to be cooler than someone will say 0.99999 does not equal 1. It will if you round any decimal, but untill you either stop getting exactly acurate, or start throwing in some strange theroy that is not true, it will not ever be the same.

We are talking about math, 100% logical math, dont do some weird mind things that strange people sit in rooms and try and find loop holes in definitions of math problems... weird people.. they would do better to just learn old english and make a peom.

Originally posted by Instinctz
weird people..

Hmm...what is your Definition of normal people?

[Bean]

ME

[Instinctz]

Normal People: (Nor - mål Pí - pºl) - Not to sit in rooms and try and figure out strange formules that wont make me any money, or benifit my life.


How the **** will knowing that 0.9999999999 does or doesnt equal 1 unless your doing something that is stupid. (Dont flame me im jokin) but in all reality anything past 0.999999 doesnt really matter, which in hence i suppose you can agree that it does equal 1, but unless you round, it nevar will!

This topic has been way to expressed, and over thought about, but as long as people feel like replying it cant hurt.

[phatswinn]

who the fluck cares? .99999 could be .9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 999

for all i care, its still not one

god i miss jabber, he would have something to say about this

[Nausty]

yes but see it isn't one because you would still have...

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[Instinctz]

"phatswinn
oklahoma is a cool word"

Say what? Anyways im in Oklahoma and what do you mean?

[honda 400ex 69]

its just like

1/3=.33333....... for ever
2/3=.66666....... for ever
and 3/3= 1 how?

wouldnt it =.99999999999999............. for ever?

[Woodsrider]

I like my sample. When you buy gas it is always 1.19and 9/10ths or $1.199. Well, you never get a tenth of a cent back right? NO! because they round up to the nearest cent. So at the gas station yes, .99999 equals 1.

[dhines]

Well Ladies,

As much as this is going to pain most of you, MastaOfDisasta is absolutely correct in his assertion that 0.9999.... (known as a convergent series) = 1. I know it can be hard to get your mind around but from a mathematical standpoint it is correct. Where I think most of you are getting lost on this principle is that you are trying to put a stopping point on carrying out the 9's. When you guys say that .999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 - (or however many 9's you could possibly ever type out) does not equal 1, you are correct. However we are talking about an INFINITE number of 9's. That is a number that you could never write out or plug into your CAD program. It is a unique and frankly theoretical concept that can not be easily represented in a way that makes it easy to comprehend.

As Masta said, assuming that the 9's go on forever, what number could possibly be between 0.9999.... and 1? Since there is no such number the two values have to equal on another.

Here is a simple formula that gives another example of this:

3*(1/3) = 1
1/3 = .33333..., therefore
3*(.33333...) = 1
However, 3 * .33333... = .99999...
Therefore, .99999... must be equal to 1

Best,

Dennis

[L.Vegas400]

since nobody has anythig better to do, try this. take out some notebook paper and write a . and 9s after it. keep writing this as long as you please, and tell me when it equals 1.

[jay's 300]

.9999999999... will never equal 1 there will always be that .00000000....1 missing! Besides "IT DOESN'T MATTER!"-The Rock :D

[MeatHead]

Well, I believe dhines has the most intelligent opinion on this subject so far. If you express .9(bar) as a convergent series and take the limit as it goes to infinity you will see that it does equal 1. As for the other "proofs" that some of you tried to post
1/9 = .1(bar)
2/9 = .2(bar)
...
9/9 = .9(bar) = 1

That is just a stupid incorrect proof. You must express this as a series and take the limit to make a correct proof.

[Blysster]

OK here's my view on this.

In theory, since 0.9999999..(infinite) isn't a real number it does equal to 1 but it doesn't at the same time, depends on how you look at it. :huh :confused:

That made sence before I wrote it down.

[phatswinn]

Originally posted by Instinctz
"phatswinn
oklahoma is a cool word"

Say what? Anyways im in Oklahoma and what do you mean?

ya know how everyonce in awhile you start sayin something everytime someone says wheres so and so? well i started sayin oklahoma and it stuck, i keep goin to change it and i cant think of anything better to put there:(

guess im a wierdo:rolleyes:

[exriderdude]

:huh :huh what a decimal :huh :huh











no really though, how bout everyone go to school tomarrow and ask your teacher, (unless you are a teacher, then......... ask your mom:huh ) and post what they say;)




personally, after reading all your post, i conclude that the answer is...

its a paradox (sp?)

[motochris]

.999 is still.999... Not 1.0 If you were machining a breaing surface and needed 1.0 and tried to stick a brg in it , it wouldnt work... But if you used a big press or hammer i'm sure you could get that little extra scraped out of it to make it 1.0 to fit your brg....

But if you were to heat the surface of the part = to .999 it would expand to 1.0... :D

[flyin#5]

Originally posted by Guy432
The number system is infinite. You can carry a decimal forever. .999999999 can go forever by just adding a more digits and you'll never reach 1.

You can divide any number in half indefinitely and never reach zero. Masta, stop jumping wheelbarrows and start paying attention in class.

thats exactly what i was trying to say!

[Team Outlaw #34]

o jeeezz.....

haha 70 posts in the thread named "Does 0.9999999999=1?" :huh

i guess i would make it 71....

[2fastandfurious]

a number equals what you type

[raptakilla15]

OK IF YOU ARENT IN CALCULUS OR HIGHER THEN YOU CAN SHUT THE HECK UP RIGHT NOW, CAUSE YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, .9999999999999999 REPEATING EQUALS 9/9 AND WHAT DOES 9/9 EQUAL???????? COME ON YOU MORONS, COME ON, IT EQUALS 1, ANYWAY .999999999999 REPEATING ISNT A REAL NUMBER SO TO MAKE IT AN ACTUAL NUMBER IT HAS TO BE 1, YOU MORONS, SHUT UP, SIT DOWN , YEAH , SHUT UP, DONT EVEN BOTHER RESPONDING, YOUR STUPIDNESS HURTS MY EYES, WHAT KIND OF IDIOT FAILS ALGEBRA????? LOL MAN SOME OF YOU GUYS ARE MORONS, O YEAH AND I ASKED MY CALCULUS TEACHER AND HE SAID THE SAME THING AS I AM SAYING, SO NOW IT IS SETTLED

[Bean]

u can tell your calculis teacher he can suck my rod, because he is wrong, a decmial is not a hole number, it is meerly a part of a number, and ur teacher must be stupider than a 6th grader, even my BROTHER says .99999 does not equal 1, so tell your teacher Breck says he is an idiot

to make it a real number, u MUST ROUND UP, and then it is totally differnt, i belive you are a 12 year old sperm puddle, moron

[raptakilla15]

YEAH IT DOES YOU IDIOT, .9 REPEATING ISNT EVEN A NUMBER, IT IS ONE, .9 REPEATING DONT EXIST BECAUSE IT IS 1, DONT THINK OF IT AS A DECIMAL , THINK OF IT AS A FRACTION AND SEE WHAT IT IS, 9/9, AND THAT IS 1 SO SHUT UP YOU MORONS, PLEASE JUST DONT MAKE EVEN BIGGER ARSES OF YOURSELVES THAN YOU ALREADY HAVE

[Bean]

how isnt .999 a number, Pie is a number, and it is 3.14, people say Bill Gates is worth 32.222 billion or whatever, now i guess they are wrong to, that isnt a number, guys, we all should give up, a 12 year old sperm puddle has proved us alll wrong with his rod sucking calculis teachers help

u send me a mathmatical equation with some college proffesors sig on it, that PROVES that .99999999 = 1, then mabe its true, obvouislly, ur teachers came from Cuba or Mexico

[airheadedduner]

The more 9's you write the closer it is to one. Graph it. And .999999999999999(bar) is an unnatural number.

[Guy400]

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