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TopicAlmost 2 decades later, let's face the facts: X-2 > X
MrMallard
05/24/20 10:55:50 AM
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DeadBankerDream posted...
It certainly makes more sense than 0.999... = 1
It doesn't equal 1, but at a certain point it really might as well equal 1. Oh no, rounding up is evil and misrepresenting the mathematical truth of the situation! It's a difference so insignificant that it might as well not exist at a point.

Factually it doesn't equal 1. Mechanically, there are situations where it might as well be rounded up. Like damn, we don't go around calling tomatoes fruits because we address it through a culinary lens, not a botanical lens. Given that the situation doesn't call for a measurement of .99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999108, it doesn't matter if it's considered tantamount to 1 or not.

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