# Does .999999 = 1 vPOLL **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 20, 2006, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546 "2006-06-20T08:06:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ImportMuscle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/importmuscle/32/7615_2.png) [@ImportMuscle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ImportMuscle)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/21 "2006-06-20T14:59:55Z")
![http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/user_images/pics/1/1439000/ngbbs3f885e32116fb.gif](http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/user_images/pics/1/1439000/ngbbs3f885e32116fb.gif) no .999999 is repeating and Infinate whereas 1 has an end and does not repeat. ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/22 "2006-06-20T15:50:53Z")
Im telling you it is considered = to 1 add anythign too it and it’ll be greater than 1, therefore considered = to 1 ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/23 "2006-06-20T16:10:48Z")
> [@Locutus](#): > > ill update this thread when we hit page 10. > [@Locutus](#): > > **ill update this thread when we hit page 3.** 10 /= 3 :gotme: unless you to edit options and change post count per page to reflect your answer…:roll: ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/24 "2006-06-20T16:14:58Z")
oh yeah and also .333333333333… = 1/3 .666666666666… = 2/3 .999999999999… = 3/3 ---
**Author:** ![SubaruDan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/subarudan/32/7195_2.png) [@SubaruDan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SubaruDan)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/25 "2006-06-20T17:06:04Z")
Say I make a poll and ask a question, and there are 2 answers, “YES” and “NO”. Say the first person to answer says “NO”. Then everyone after that answers “YES”. This goes on for ever, for infinity. As we approach infinity the % of “YES” votes approaches 100%, (or 1), but can never truly be 100%. It will be 99.9repeating%, (or 0.9repeating), because there is 1 vote of “NO”. As a corollary to this the % of “NO” votes approaches 0%, but can never truly be 0%. It will be 0.0repeating with a 1 at the end. Therefore 0.9repeating does not equal 1. ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/26 "2006-06-20T22:29:25Z")
Did everyone just skip past my post? this has been Mathematically PROVEN as being equal due to it being impossible to prove wrong. In science and mathematics, it is 100% proven to be equal. I thought I put it as simply as I could. I cant believe how many people said NO. LOL ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/27 "2006-06-20T22:29:47Z")
my fucking head hurts. the only i know about, dealing with numbers is rape laws. but i’m more than willing to take that chance. .999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 and 1 dont even look the same…so no. ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/28 "2006-06-20T22:31:10Z")
> [@SubaruDan](#): > > Say I make a poll and ask a question, and there are 2 answers, “YES” and “NO”. Say the first person to answer says “NO”. Then everyone after that answers “YES”. This goes on for ever, for infinity. > > As we approach infinity the % of “YES” votes approaches 100%, (or 1), but can never truly be 100%. It will be 99.9repeating%, (or 0.9repeating), because there is 1 vote of “NO”. > > As a corollary to this the % of “NO” votes approaches 0%, but can never truly be 0%. It will be 0.0repeating with a 1 at the end. > > Therefore 0.9repeating does not equal 1. There is no 1 at the end… the zeros never stop. Why don’t people understand that? its continuous 0’s! It wants to have a 1 at the end, but never reaches that point. hence, mathematically, it is equal to 0! You cant write it, its not a real number… its = 0. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![SubaruDan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/subarudan/32/7195_2.png) [@SubaruDan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SubaruDan)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/29 "2006-06-21T01:45:50Z")
just because you cant write it, doesnt mean it doesnt exist ---
**Author:** ![73ghia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/8baadc/32.png) [@73ghia](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/73ghia)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 4:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/30 "2006-06-21T04:29:35Z")
Here’s my simpleton argument 1=1. .999999999~ is not one, therefore it does not equal one… It is almost one… and is greater than .9… but that does not mean it is 1 if .99999=1 than there would be no need for the number .9999999, and we would all use one. ---
**Author:** ![sureshot007](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot007/32/7345_2.png) [@sureshot007](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot007)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 5:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/31 "2006-06-21T05:21:08Z")
.99999~ != 1, and if you think it does, you should try rounding repeating numbers on math tests and see if you get credit for a correct answer. ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 5:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/32 "2006-06-21T05:23:17Z")
they are equal, and it has nothing to do with baldys explaintion we are going to do a simple proof. we are going to change a repeating decimal to a fraction. anyone taking college level math should know how to do this. let x = .999~ mult both sides of the equation by 10 10x = 9.999~ subtract the original equation, leaving you with 9x = 9 (the repeating part is removed) divide by 9 x = 1 thats the proof. you can argue all you want, but i called my old man to confirm… he’s a math teacher. as a matter of fact, i think someone on the forum is/was in one of his classes. [http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.fractions.html#decfrac](http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.fractions.html#decfrac) scroll down a hair, and you will see that my math is right ---
**Author:** ![sureshot007](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot007/32/7345_2.png) [@sureshot007](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot007)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 5:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/33 "2006-06-21T05:33:45Z")
You should try calculus to prove this - algebra just won’t cut it. ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 5:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/34 "2006-06-21T05:38:51Z")
^ thats the accepted proof period. i didnt make up the math, i just follow it. ---
**Author:** ![sureshot007](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot007/32/7345_2.png) [@sureshot007](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot007)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 5:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/35 "2006-06-21T05:42:35Z")
depends on how you look at it: [http://www.atsweb.neu.edu/math/cp/blog/?id=149&month=05&year=2006&date=2006-05-27](http://www.atsweb.neu.edu/math/cp/blog/?id=149&month=05&year=2006&date=2006-05-27) They are practically equal, but not theorectically equal. There is a difference. But most of the time we go by practicallity. this guy tries with the same logic: > **[No, I'm Sorry, It Does.](http://polymathematics.typepad.com/polymath/2006/06/no_im_sorry_it_.html)** > > (note: this post has been closed to comments; comments about it on other pages will be deleted!) UPDATE!!: The saga continues at this post. MORE UPDATES, WITH REFUTATIONS! THE FINAL UPDATE! Every year I get a few kids in my... but it doesn’t work, because 1/3 is approx = .3333333~, and he is claiming that is exactly equal. The real point is WHO CARES??? Does this make a real difference to anyone, anywhere in the universe? ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/36 "2006-06-21T05:54:42Z")
someone deleted my correlation in another post but… .3333333333… = 1/3 .6666666666… = 2/3 .9999999999… = 3/3 = 1 ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/37 "2006-06-21T06:42:13Z")
Keep it coming… and DONT POST ANWSERS YET PLEASE 16 YES 15 NO 12 NO IDEA ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/38 "2006-06-21T06:48:14Z")
voted no… becuase, no… it doesnt equal 1… close, but it never will unless you round it up ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/39 "2006-06-21T06:50:56Z")
> [@Locutus](#): > > Keep it coming… and DONT POST ANWSERS YET PLEASE > > 16 YES > > 15 NO > > 12 NO IDEA you’re ghey ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/40 "2006-06-21T06:51:40Z")
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