Re: [Mid] A lesson in Algorism

> As long as everyone willingly (or through ignorance) ignores the
>number of digits involved. If they paid attention, they would notice the
>discrepancy of 0.0000......9! (HEH HEH........smart a**ed kids....)

Hmm, sorry Duke Andrew, best get out your mathematics texts again. You
will not that I started out by saying:

>> Anyway, let x = 0.99999... (where ... means the nines continue
>> forever).

That means that there are an infinite number of 9's, so there is no
discrepancy, no 9 left over.

Math is so much fun... - Midair

"I am never a failure until I begin blaming others."
 - Anonymous

From: "Charles J. Cohen" <charles@eecs.umich.edu>
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