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T_Samner T_Samner is offline
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Originally posted by klaucke
You guys want another "easy" teaser?

Who can prove that .99999999... = 1?
(Hint: Its true. And don't say that .33333333.... = 1/3, that's not proving anything, but just restating the problem).
I'm guessing you're counting on the round-off error that you would get with a calculator after performing a series of operations. The fact is that between any two distinct real numbers there is always another distinct real number so only 1 = 1.
Old 10-25-2006, 10:47 PM
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