• ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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    6 months ago

    X=.5555…

    10x=5.5555…

    Subtract x from both sides.

    9x=5

    X=1 .5555 must equal 1.

    There it isn’t. Because that math is bullshit.

    • blue@ttrpg.network
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      6 months ago

      x = 5/9 is not 9/9. 5/9 = .55555…

      You’re proving that 0.555… equals 5/9 (which it does), not that it equals 1 (which it doesn’t).

      It’s absolutely not the same result as x = 0.999… as you claim.