03-10-2009, 07:06 AM
x = 0.9
10x = 9.0
10x - x = 9.0 - 0.9
9x = 8.1
x = 0.9
x = 0.99
10x = 9.9
10x - x = 9.9 - 0.99
9x = 8.91
x = .99
x = 0.999
10x = 9.99
10x - x = 9.99 - 0.999
9x = 8.991
x = 0.999
As you keep adding 9s, it approaches 1 but it never is 1. The only way that example would work is if your 9.9999... had one more 9 than 0.9999. Capisce?
K I'm done boring everyone with math.
Another argument I have with my boyfriend and mother is whether or not people who are born into poverty have a fair chance to make it in life. I think they sure as hell do if they work hard. Sure doing well in school and going to college has some to do with your upbringing, but just because you are born into hard times doesn't mean you are bound to be poor for the rest of your life. But that's more of a political debate.
10x = 9.0
10x - x = 9.0 - 0.9
9x = 8.1
x = 0.9
x = 0.99
10x = 9.9
10x - x = 9.9 - 0.99
9x = 8.91
x = .99
x = 0.999
10x = 9.99
10x - x = 9.99 - 0.999
9x = 8.991
x = 0.999
As you keep adding 9s, it approaches 1 but it never is 1. The only way that example would work is if your 9.9999... had one more 9 than 0.9999. Capisce?
K I'm done boring everyone with math.
Another argument I have with my boyfriend and mother is whether or not people who are born into poverty have a fair chance to make it in life. I think they sure as hell do if they work hard. Sure doing well in school and going to college has some to do with your upbringing, but just because you are born into hard times doesn't mean you are bound to be poor for the rest of your life. But that's more of a political debate.
That's what she said.