Re: Math question (maybe our resident rocket scientist can help)
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I "know" the answer is yes because people have told me and I can "prove." I just have a hard time wrapping my head around it. My mind tells me that they aren't equal and that they have a difference of .0000(repeating)1.
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The repeating zeros are infinite in number, so you never get the 1.
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This is correct. Otherwise, what would be the point of haveing a number that is .9999999999999999... and a number that is 1.
if they are the same thing, call them the same thing. You will approach 1 (and for many applications can call it one) but it is not turely 1. Ever.
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