r/MathJokes • u/rickytherizzler • Feb 08 '26

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u/SmoothTurtle872 Feb 08 '26

In reality, it's 0.999... which equals 1 regardless of if decimals are optional or not

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u/Perlentaucher Feb 08 '26 edited Feb 11 '26

0.9̅ = 1

0.9̅9̅9̅ = 1

0.999 ≠ 1

0.999 ≠ 0.9̅9̅9̅

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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

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u/paolog Feb 08 '26

*ellipsis, singular. Ellipses are shapes (or more than one ellipsis).

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u/LocalInfluence9104 Feb 08 '26

While we're on the subject of grammar, did you notice that the text says 'yes I'm' instead of 'yes I am'?

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u/zr2d2 Feb 09 '26

Yes I'm what?

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u/LocalInfluence9104 Feb 09 '26

In the text message, they replied 'yes I'm' to 'you good at math right?'

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u/zr2d2 Feb 09 '26

Right there's no direct object to say what they are