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Subject: Re: An exercise for your thinking
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by: bassam karzeddin - Tue, 8 Aug 2023 20:43 UTC

On Thursday, December 21, 2017 at 4:12:37 AM UTC+2, Earle Jones wrote:
> *
> An exercise for your thinking.
>
> Let's define two numbers, a and b.
>
> a = 1 (the unit integer)
>
> b = 0.999... (I define this to represent zero point 9 repeated an
> infinite number of times.)
>
> Four questions for thought:
>
> 1. Is a = b?
>
> 2. If the answer is no and a is not equal to b, which one is larger?
>
> 3. What is the difference between a and b ? (In other words, subtract
> the smaller from the larger.)
>
> 4. What is the average of a and b? In other words, what is (a + b) /2 ?
>
> Post your answers here (with any relevant discussion.)
>
> Thanks,
>
> earle
> *
Your main problem you had fallen in is that you assumed in advance that (0.999...) is a number without any verification or a proof, where this is also the so common mistake of ALL humans mostly in attacking serious mental problem

Then what would convence you that your assumption actually is quite false from the beginning?

Nothing I suppose would make you think wisely then!

Bassam Karzeddin 🔊

Computer programmers do it byte by byte.

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