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Because no calculator can handle infinite digits. When you divide 1 by 3, you don't get 1/3, but .333 cut off at some point. When you multiply that by 3, you get .999 cut off at some point.
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I have never seen such a band of geeks in all my life.
Who the **** cares? Point out something that's .9999999999999999999999999 of anything.
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Originally posted by Spec
Ok....let me explain it in another way. Why does a calculator give you a result of 0.9999999 repeating if it equals 1?
Because calculators use finite-precision arithmetic. If you used a fancy-pants program like Mathematica then you'd probably get an answer of 1 instead of .9-to-however-many-digits-the-hardware-can-support. Most calculators don't have the memory/hardware necessary to make the conversion, though.
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Originally posted by Spec
So 1 would be better no?
You're expecting herculean efforts out of the hardware for a cheap calculator.
When I enter 1/3, the calculator stores the answer in a fixed number of bits (say, 32 bits). This means that the answer stored in the calculator is not .3-repeating, but is instead .3-repeating carried out to 32 bits of precision. Then when I multiply this answer by 3, I get .9-repeating carried out to 32 bits of precision. Yes, it would be better if the calculator had infinite precision and computed an answer of 1. However, a run-of-the-mill calculator doesn't have the hardware capabilities to do this, so you get an imprecise result when you calculate (1 / 3) * 3
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Originally posted by SlowwHand
I have never seen such a band of geeks in all my life.
Who the **** cares? Point out something that's .9999999999999999999999999 of anything.
Go away Texan.
Spec.
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