JupiterJones
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Originally posted by: SilentRunning
Originally posted by: silverpig
I read the link, I know the difference between giving a value and finding what it equals.
The value given to 0.999... is the limit of the sum, this limit equals 1.
So you get, I thought you were one of the ones who thought 1 = 0.99999...
They are not equal but the are given the same value. That is the concept that people here do not seem to grasp. That is why my tag line is what it is. Yes 1 and 0.9999... are the same value for mathematical purposes due to the approximation for 0.9999..., but they are not truely equal.
They thread asked only one question are the two numbers equal, not do we treat them as the same value.
WRONG! 1 = .99999... because there exist no number between the two values. They are EXACTLY equal - by definition of equality.