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Does it equal 1?

#1 Yes		38 (69.1%)
#2 No		17 (30.9%)

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k-onmmunist
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« on: November 10, 2009, 10:04:58 AM »

I was always taught to regard it as 1.

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k-onmmunist
Winston Disraeli
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« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2009, 02:38:24 PM »

0.9=1

I assumed that was the meaning of the question.

The meaning was 0.9999999∞ being the same as 1, which it is for all purposes, given that it is just 0.000000....1 from it.

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