4 is bigger than 3.9
They're equal, right?
Quote from: The Lord Ruler on February 06, 2017, 01:50:07 PM4 is bigger than 3.9Does 3*1.3... equal 3.9?
Quote from: The Lord Ruler on February 06, 2017, 01:50:07 PM4 is bigger than 3.9trump supporters can't do arithmetic lol
and yes, i'm incredibly aware of that, and i'm incredibly proud of it--looking autistic is the only way worth looking
Quote from: The Lord Ruler on February 06, 2017, 02:19:30 PMQuote from: Nasty Turkey. SAD! on February 06, 2017, 01:59:42 PMQuote from: The Lord Ruler on February 06, 2017, 01:50:07 PM4 is bigger than 3.9Does 3*1.3... equal 3.9?yesC-
Quote from: Nasty Turkey. SAD! on February 06, 2017, 01:59:42 PMQuote from: The Lord Ruler on February 06, 2017, 01:50:07 PM4 is bigger than 3.9Does 3*1.3... equal 3.9?yes
Quote from: Verbatim on February 06, 2017, 02:03:21 PMQuote from: The Lord Ruler on February 06, 2017, 01:50:07 PM4 is bigger than 3.9trump supporters can't do arithmetic lolQuote from: Verbatim on December 31, 2016, 01:05:29 PMand yes, i'm incredibly aware of that, and i'm incredibly proud of it--looking autistic is the only way worth looking
Quote from: The Lord Ruler on February 06, 2017, 02:19:30 PMQuote from: Nasty Turkey. SAD! on February 06, 2017, 01:59:42 PMQuote from: The Lord Ruler on February 06, 2017, 01:50:07 PM4 is bigger than 3.9Does 3*1.3... equal 3.9?yes1.3... = 4/33*(4/3) = 43*(1.3...) = 4QED
Quote from: The Lord Ruler on February 06, 2017, 02:21:34 PMQuote from: Verbatim on February 06, 2017, 02:03:21 PMQuote from: The Lord Ruler on February 06, 2017, 01:50:07 PM4 is bigger than 3.9trump supporters can't do arithmetic lolQuote from: Verbatim on December 31, 2016, 01:05:29 PMand yes, i'm incredibly aware of that, and i'm incredibly proud of it--looking autistic is the only way worth lookingdo you think i'm embarrassed by that or something
.9 repeating DOES NOT equal 1.No matter how far you follow the repeating number (ten decimal places or 100), it will never reach 1.0
1/3 can't be represented as a decimal, not even a repeating one.
Quote from: SecondClass on February 06, 2017, 02:56:46 PM1/3 can't be represented as a decimal, not even a repeating one.explain
You can't turn that expression into a number (no matter how much humans like numerical organization) because the decimal would go on endlessly and would never truly equal 1/3.
You can't have .3 ̅ of an apple, because the more you measured them, the bigger each third would magically get
Quote from: SecondClass on February 06, 2017, 03:03:31 PMYou can't turn that expression into a number (no matter how much humans like numerical organization) because the decimal would go on endlessly and would never truly equal 1/3.but that's why we have nifty symbols like ∞ to represent infinitythe decimal doesn't need to go on endlessly for us to understand that it's endlessQuoteYou can't have .3 ̅ of an apple, because the more you measured them, the bigger each third would magically getwhat
I'm interested to hear what level of math has been competed by those who say 4 is greater, and vice versa.
EVEN WITH IT BEING ENDLESS, it does not equal 1/3. It will always have infinitely less decimal places than it needs to be 1/3.
EVEN IF IT WAS ENDLESS, it does not equal 1/3. It will always have infinitely less decimal places than it needs to be 1/3.
If you need clarification to the second paragraph, I don't know what to tell you.
The point is that the difference between 1/3 and .3 repeating is so insignificantly small that they might as well be equal in applied mathematics. Quote from: SecondClass on February 06, 2017, 03:11:32 PMEVEN WITH IT BEING ENDLESS, it does not equal 1/3. It will always have infinitely less decimal places than it needs to be 1/3.
The point is that the difference between 1/3 and .3 repeating is so insignificantly small that they might as well be equal in applied mathematics.
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