Thread: Is 0.99999 = 1?
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Old 25-01-2006, 06:35 PM
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Besides not being sqareable you can't deal with absolute and approximate values in the same equation,

That's why Pi 3.142597............ will only ever be an approximation but 22/7 is exact.

Get back to the precise imperial system!
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