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So 0.9999.... == 1 is simply a meme way of saying three thirds equal one?
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>>17082292
3 x 0.333333... is just shy of 1.
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>>17082299
Most folks don’t mind, but maths types are sticklers for accuracy.
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>>17082299
cool it with the anti semitism
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>>17082292
0.999..., 1/1 and 1 are representations of the same numerical quantity as an integer, fraction or decimal number.
0.333... and 1/3 are also representations of their respective quantity, but they have no integer equivalent because the number they represent is a real/rational, not a natural/integer.
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>>17082292
>>17082299
>>17082580
Once you get past the eighth decimal place, the difference doesn't matter to anybody outside of particle physics whatsoever.
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>>17082597
On computer systems, such small diference get rounded anyway.



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