0.99999999.......

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Yes. People who say no are mostly uneducateds who ignore the math involved and just argue it doesn't "feel right". The math involved is pretty straightforward.

I see you have been peeking in my son's 6th grade math book.

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Yes. People who say no are mostly uneducateds who ignore the math involved and just argue it doesn't "feel right". The math involved is pretty straightforward.

also, in the real world of business (e.g. floating point computations), attempting to apply simple rules of algebra will lead to the wrong answer.  Example:

x(a+b) = xa + xb in your classroom, but in the world of computer calculations, this does NOT hold true.  In fact, in the world floating points, it rarely holds true.

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

Yes. People who say no are mostly uneducateds who ignore the math involved and just argue it doesn't "feel right". The math involved is pretty straightforward.

also, in the real world of business (e.g. floating point computations), attempting to apply simple rules of algebra will lead to the wrong answer.  Example:

x(a+b) = xa + xb in your classroom, but in the world of computer calculations, this does NOT hold true.  In fact, in the world floating points, it rarely holds true.

if you're interested, here is a quick overview of the why simple math principles fall apart when coded in floating point calculations:

http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~engelen/courses/HPC-adv/FP.pdf