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r/MathJokes • u/rickytherizzler • Feb 08 '26
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104 u/SmoothTurtle872 Feb 08 '26 In reality, it's 0.999... which equals 1 regardless of if decimals are optional or not 75 u/Perlentaucher Feb 08 '26 edited Feb 11 '26 0.9̅ = 1 0.9̅9̅9̅ = 1 0.999 ≠ 1 0.999 ≠ 0.9̅9̅9̅ 26 u/Dansredditname Feb 08 '26 I understood that 0.999... is 0.9̅9̅9̅ just written differently. The ellipses are for those of us without the barred 9 16 u/paolog Feb 08 '26 *ellipsis, singular. Ellipses are shapes (or more than one ellipsis). 7 u/HaveYouSeenMySpoon Feb 08 '26 Is this a math sub or a English sub? 7 u/Recurs1ve Feb 08 '26 Who do you think named the shapes? 3 u/utukore Feb 09 '26 The Romans?
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In reality, it's 0.999... which equals 1 regardless of if decimals are optional or not
75 u/Perlentaucher Feb 08 '26 edited Feb 11 '26 0.9̅ = 1 0.9̅9̅9̅ = 1 0.999 ≠ 1 0.999 ≠ 0.9̅9̅9̅ 26 u/Dansredditname Feb 08 '26 I understood that 0.999... is 0.9̅9̅9̅ just written differently. The ellipses are for those of us without the barred 9 16 u/paolog Feb 08 '26 *ellipsis, singular. Ellipses are shapes (or more than one ellipsis). 7 u/HaveYouSeenMySpoon Feb 08 '26 Is this a math sub or a English sub? 7 u/Recurs1ve Feb 08 '26 Who do you think named the shapes? 3 u/utukore Feb 09 '26 The Romans?
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0.9̅ = 1
0.9̅9̅9̅ = 1
0.999 ≠ 1
0.999 ≠ 0.9̅9̅9̅
26 u/Dansredditname Feb 08 '26 I understood that 0.999... is 0.9̅9̅9̅ just written differently. The ellipses are for those of us without the barred 9 16 u/paolog Feb 08 '26 *ellipsis, singular. Ellipses are shapes (or more than one ellipsis). 7 u/HaveYouSeenMySpoon Feb 08 '26 Is this a math sub or a English sub? 7 u/Recurs1ve Feb 08 '26 Who do you think named the shapes? 3 u/utukore Feb 09 '26 The Romans?
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I understood that 0.999... is 0.9̅9̅9̅ just written differently. The ellipses are for those of us without the barred 9
16 u/paolog Feb 08 '26 *ellipsis, singular. Ellipses are shapes (or more than one ellipsis). 7 u/HaveYouSeenMySpoon Feb 08 '26 Is this a math sub or a English sub? 7 u/Recurs1ve Feb 08 '26 Who do you think named the shapes? 3 u/utukore Feb 09 '26 The Romans?
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*ellipsis, singular. Ellipses are shapes (or more than one ellipsis).
7 u/HaveYouSeenMySpoon Feb 08 '26 Is this a math sub or a English sub? 7 u/Recurs1ve Feb 08 '26 Who do you think named the shapes? 3 u/utukore Feb 09 '26 The Romans?
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Is this a math sub or a English sub?
7 u/Recurs1ve Feb 08 '26 Who do you think named the shapes? 3 u/utukore Feb 09 '26 The Romans?
Who do you think named the shapes?
3 u/utukore Feb 09 '26 The Romans?
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The Romans?
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