# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![FightinMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/121 "2006-12-07T15:03:02Z")
Booyah! I win ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/122 "2006-12-07T15:32:38Z")
> [@Zer0DazE](#): > > or the trick where someone taps you on the shoulder on the opposite side… then you look, but theres no one there. > i bet that trick would fool you into believing i so knew that was you. > [@FightinMike](#): > > Booyah! > > I win that’s because your screen name is deterring. ---
**Author:** ![steve1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/steve1/32/7283_2.png) [@steve1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/steve1)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/123 "2006-12-07T18:14:48Z")
what a thread! ---
**Author:** ![VANDIT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vandit/32/4977_2.png) [@VANDIT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/VANDIT)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/124 "2006-12-07T18:25:58Z")
> [@Clean Baldy](#): > > Guys, its not .9999, its .9999~ meaning the 9 continues on forever. > > The only reason that they say it is equal, is because you cannot subtract it from 1, because you cannot have 0.00000~, because that equals 0. And you cannot say “well, theres a 1 at the end there” but, there isn’t. The .9999~ goes on for eternity, just like the .0000~ does. It never stops to put the 1, meaning, its 0. so, 1-1 = 0. 1 - .9999~ = 0.0000~ which also equals 0. > > I still think its unequal and that the math is flawed, because it is a different number. Just because you cant WRITE .000000~ with it wanting to have a 1 at the end, does not mean that it doesn’t exist! > > 🙂 > > But, in essense of mathematics today, it does in fact equal 1. Sadly. i have a strong, small amount of physics skill… for a folk tale and cool math problem .999999 could equal 1 depending on sig figs…but this is infinate soo no although when calculating say a satilites path of passing pluto to do research and the camera/hightechequiptment need to be in the right place (where really really small numbers matter) the difference between .99999999 and 1 is hundreds of thousands of miles… and if nasa just said “close enough” you wouldet be gettin pics of pluto… just my 3 cents ---
**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:** [December 8, 2006, 5:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/125 "2006-12-08T05:41:46Z")
> [@VANDIT](#): > > i have a strong, small amount of physics skill… > > for a folk tale and cool math problem .999999 could equal 1 depending on sig figs…but this is infinate soo no > > although when calculating say a satilites path of passing pluto to do research and the camera/hightechequiptment need to be in the right place (where really really small numbers matter) the difference between .99999999 and 1 is hundreds of thousands of miles… and if nasa just said “close enough” you wouldet be gettin pics of pluto… > > just my 3 cents thats okay. Plutos not even a planet anymore. who cares about pics of it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/126 "2006-12-08T05:49:13Z")
Yeah, and then when they’re accurate down to 1 billionth of a degree you still don’t get pics because bob was working in Metric and joe was in SI. ---
**Author:** ![FightinMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/127 "2006-12-08T06:22:21Z")
and it doesnt matter how fancy your degree is if you’re functionally retarded ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/128 "2006-12-08T09:38:22Z")
soo… .99999999… is equal to 1 then? ---
**Author:** ![Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@Ninja](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ninja)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/129 "2006-12-08T09:52:05Z")
> [@BikerFry](#): > > That is where the “trick” or, as I like to call it, the mathematical error lies. That equation was not solved correctly. That equation cannot be solved for a real number. > > 9.99~ and .99~ both have decimal places that go on for infinity. They are not real numbers. 9.99~ - .99~ is not = 9. It is equal to a number infinitely close to 9, but it is not a real number. > > So while this is a cute trick of algebra, it is based on one false assumption: That you can solve infinity - infinity and get a real number. You cannot, as infinity is not a real number. > > [http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/57069.html](http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/57069.html) > [http://www.galactic-guide.com/articles/8R69.html](http://www.galactic-guide.com/articles/8R69.html) :word: this is what I was trying to come out with but I had to go back to work… Solving the above equation the way they do it like saying infinity - infinity = zero… can’t do it. Also… just because x = .99999999999 in the two equations you are subtracting… doesn’t mean you can just plug it in to the 9x = 9 equation… Because guess what 9x = 9 … equates to x = 1… Using the logic of whoever is trying to prove .9999999 = 1, I can plug any number I want into x… 897498275 = 1… Just cause I prove x = .99999999 in equation #1 … doesn’t mean wherever x is I can imediatly plug in .99999999 ---
**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:** [December 8, 2006, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/130 "2006-12-08T09:53:10Z")
> [@ILCisDEAD](#): > > soo… .99999999… is equal to 1 then? no ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/131 "2006-12-08T09:56:44Z")
but its soo close though… ---
**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:** [December 8, 2006, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/132 "2006-12-08T10:04:48Z")
lol ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/133 "2006-12-08T10:06:37Z")
Lets just say 1 is equal to inside a vagina. If you are .999999999999999999999999~ from a vagina. You are still not inside of it. ---
**Author:** ![FightinMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/134 "2006-12-08T10:25:28Z")
> [@Minglor](#): > > Lets just say 1 is equal to inside a vagina. > If you are .999999999999999999999999~ from a vagina. > You are still not inside of it. Sure if what you’re working with is a step function. On a continuous F with hundreds of evaluation points, .9999999999 is just as good as 1. ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/135 "2006-12-08T11:22:49Z")
> [@FightinMike](#): > > .9999999999 is just as good as 1. Being outside the vagina /= Inside. And no where near “just as good” ---
**Author:** ![FightinMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/136 "2006-12-08T12:25:36Z")
Actually its better, as long as close is in the anus. ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/137 "2006-12-08T13:18:27Z")
> [@Minglor](#): > > Being outside the vagina /= Inside. > > And no where near “just as good” well technically 1, would make him at the vagina… not in it either… but he is slowly closing the gap 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/138 "2006-12-08T13:26:54Z")
Yeah but if someone put a gun to your head and told you to write down exactly how many guns are held to your head or he’d kill you and you wrote down .999~, you’d be dead. Pretty big difference now isn’t it? ---
**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:** [December 8, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/139 "2006-12-08T13:34:16Z")
^ lol ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/140 "2006-12-08T13:52:31Z")
> [@BikerFry](#): > > Yeah but if someone put a gun to your head and told you to write down exactly how many guns are held to your head or he’d kill you and you wrote down .999~, you’d be dead. Pretty big difference now isn’t it? maybe you know he is missing an atom off the bottom of the gun… so technically it would be more right than saying its 1 gun… cause its not… its missin an atom [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546.md?page=6) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546.md?page=8)