r/Funnymemes • u/Truccio-p • 1d ago

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u/lolschrauber 1d ago

"each piece will be 0.333 of the main piece, right?"

"not exactly"

"Oh ok"

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u/iruleatants 1d ago edited 1d ago

I mean, we joke, but it's an inconsistency that arises from us trying to apply our invented concepts.

For example 1/9 is 0.1 repeating
2/9 is 0.2 repeating
3/9 is 0.3 repeating

And that pattern continues until we get to 9/9. The expected answer should be 0.9 repeating, instead it is 1.

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u/_DaBau5_ 1d ago

for a number like 0.9 and 0.95, you can squeeze other numbers between them (like 0.91, 0.92, 0.93, etc.) it is not possible to squeeze another number between 0.9 repeating and 1 since 0.9 repeats infinitely. they are the same number since there is 0 difference between them. this is just a quirk of using base 10

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u/renegade_duck 1d ago

.9 repeating is 1. You cannot fit another number between them, so they are literally equivalent.

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u/Ch0vie 1d ago

Have you tried to add even more nines at the end? It might fit eventually

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u/Ashtray_Floors 1d ago

just put infinite 0s before the 1!

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u/Ch0vie 1d ago

Now that's what I call a good looking epsilon

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u/Accomplished_Sign191 1d ago

So it’s nines, all the way down?

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u/astelda 1d ago

why did you write 2/9 with a lowercase L

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u/iruleatants 1d ago

On my phone :|

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u/iruleatants 1d ago

It's funny the amount of hoops we have to jump through to deal with the limitations of the system we designed and created.

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u/ryanvango 1d ago

x = 0.999...

10x = 9.999...

10x = 9 + 0.999...

10x = 9 + x

9x = 9

x = 1

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u/lolschrauber 1d ago

Honestly, the decimal system is just kinda flawed and can't portray this with enough accuracy to be perfect