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[–] [email protected] 88 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (37 children)

x=.9999...

10x=9.9999...

Subtract x from both sides

9x=9

x=1

There it is, folks.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (9 children)

Somehow I have the feeling that this is not going to convince people who think that 0.9999... /= 1, but only make them madder.

Personally I like to point to the difference, or rather non-difference, between 0.333... and ⅓, then ask them what multiplying each by 3 is.

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