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Does .999 repeating equal 1?
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I just got done with related rates, so I should be able to calculate the rate at which your balloons are inflating at any given moment in time.Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
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Originally posted by Lorizael View PostAn injective function has a unique output for each input. So f(x)=sqrt(x) is injective, because no two x-values will produce the same y value. f(x)=x^2, however, is not injective, because x=-2 and x=2 produce the same y-value. What Hauldren is saying is that the base 10 number system is more like x^2 than sqrt(x).
Note: I could be completely wrong, because I know **** all about math.
Having a unique output for each input is the definition of a function.
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As was said in a previous thread: It does for really high values of nine.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.
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Originally posted by Lul Thyme View PostYour example is ok, but I think the first sentence should be "An injective function has a unique input for each output.".
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Wow...I am no math person but it looks to me that this is the answer:
There is a difference between .999 repeating and 1...and that difference is exactly 0."I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Clinton, 2003
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Originally posted by PLATO View PostWow...I am no math person but it looks to me that this is the answer:
There is a difference between .999 repeating and 1...and that difference is exactly 0.
{/Socratic}Last edited by Vanguard; February 23, 2012, 21:20.VANGUARD
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Originally posted by loinburger View PostQEDLast edited by Kuciwalker; February 23, 2012, 23:01.
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Originally posted by kentonio View PostMy level of seriousness in each thread is variable, yet my need to call you an idiot regardless is constant.If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
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Originally posted by Skyfish View PostLet x = 0.999...
Then 10x = 9.999...
So 10x - x = 9x = 9.999... - 0.999... = 9.
Since 9x = 9, we have that x = 1.
Therefore, 0.999... = 1.
10x - x = 9x = 9.999... - 1
then the result is not 9, it is 8.999...Last edited by Vanguard; February 24, 2012, 22:08.VANGUARD
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Originally posted by Vanguard View PostUnfortunately, this is self-contradictory. If .999.... = 1, then you can substitute 1 for .999... at any point and the results should be the same. But if you substitute it in the second line:
10x - x = 9x = 9.999... - 1
then the result is not 9, it is 8.999...
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