03-11-2009, 05:53 PM
A fraction is the purest from of an infinite number 1/9 is treated as an infinite number in the calculator, 0.1111 might not be but 1/9 is.
Edit: 1/9 is the true form of 0.1111..., It is a rational number, just as any number that can be represented by a fraction is a rational number. Irrational numbers are those numbers that cannot be represented by fractions, such as SQRT(2),PI, e, and the natural logrithim.
Edit: 1/9 is the true form of 0.1111..., It is a rational number, just as any number that can be represented by a fraction is a rational number. Irrational numbers are those numbers that cannot be represented by fractions, such as SQRT(2),PI, e, and the natural logrithim.
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