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[–] [email protected] 100 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (40 children)

x=.9999...

10x=9.9999...

Subtract x from both sides

9x=9

x=1

There it is, folks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (4 children)

X=.5555...

10x=5.5555...

Subtract x from both sides.

9x=5

X=1 .5555 must equal 1.

There it isn't. Because that math is bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

x = 5/9 is not 9/9. 5/9 = .55555...

You're proving that 0.555... equals 5/9 (which it does), not that it equals 1 (which it doesn't).

It's absolutely not the same result as x = 0.999... as you claim.

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