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Old 07-30-2010, 02:42 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Kirby View Post
I'm not sure I agree with this, because it is TECHNICALLY a different number. But the differences are so minuscule that it might as well be the same number.
You're not realizing what 0.9999 means. It means 1. It's a mathematical representation of a quantity defined by a limit of not logically being able to be anything but 1.

It's not a matter of numerical semantic or intuitive disbelief. If you use math and logic, as is shown in the thread, it is unequivocally 1.
Why? Because it actually works. TECHNICALLY.
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