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Old 10-29-2003, 12:46 AM   #10 (permalink)
KnifeMissile
 
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Quote:
Originally posted by CSflim
Depends who you ask:

Engineer: Hell! 0.9 = 1 as far as I'm concerned!

Physicist: The difference is negible.

Mathematician: As you continue the expansion, the term approaches 1. The difference between them is 1/(infinity).
Quote:
Originally posted by redlemon
CSflim is exactly correct, although as an engineer I'd be more comfortable at 0.95.
Just so everyone knows, CSFilm is not exactly correct.
All mathematicians agree that 0.9999... = 1 and the link that CSFilm provided explains it quite well.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Infinity is not a number!
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