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Old 07-30-2010, 03:17 AM   #13 (permalink)
midnight rain
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Originally Posted by Kirby View Post
If 1.999999 was technically 2, it would be written as 2.

I understand what Infinity means. Never-ending and all of that jazz.

The different between "1.999..." and "2" is "0.000...001"
That's wrong, because you then imply that 1.999... ends with a 9, which obviously it doesn't seeing as how it never ends.

1.9999..... is a limit. It can be written as 2 interchangeably.
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