
26-01-2006, 12:09 PM
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Vagabond
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: China
Posts: 1,477
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Quote:
Originally Posted by acropolite
Limit the number of decimal places and it doesn't work.
X=.99999
10X=9.9999
10X-X=8.9991
therefore 9X=8.9991
.99999 recurring is not an exact number but depending on how many decimal places you take it gets closer to 1 but never 1.
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I concur
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