.9999 repeating forever does NOT =1!

[Friendly Punjabi]

I know that thread has died out, but this was irking me. I knew .999 forever could not be equaled to 1, and now I can prove it.

The example wikipedia gave:

.333 = 1/3
3 x 1/3= 1; 3 x .333= .999
So therefor, 1=.999 right? WRONG!

See there was this one really simple thing we all overlooked.
And that was .333 does not equal to 1/3. We assume it does, they teach us in school that it does, but in reality it does NOT equal to 1/3. Any logical person can see why this is true, .333 in fraction form would be equal to 1/3 and one third one third one third repeating. With this being said, the proof as to why .999=1 is not valid, therefor .999 does NOT equal to 1.

Ahhhh *feels relieved*

[Chris Black]

Post this in the other thread, or don't since I already posted that, days ago.

[Mic Dareall]

Are you retarded... Divide 1 by 3 and you get 0.3333 repeating. That is FACT. The fraction 1/3 is just '1 divided by 3'.

[Chris Black]

Don't encourage him, Mic.

[Chris Black]

By the way, Mic, 1/3 is a problem, not a solution. Fractions are problems. We use them as solutions for lack of an actual solution, because the actual solution to the problem(the fraction) is infinite.

[Chris Black]

Of course you could say the problem is the solution to any math problem. Although, if that was truly the case, there would be no math classes. I think we solve problems for a reason, and one divided by three equals an infinite number, not 1/3. By saying the answer to 1 divided by three is 1/3, you's saying that 2+2 = 2+2. You're answering the problem with the problem instead of a solution.