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minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.dehexbear2·6 months agoX=.5555... 10x=5.5555... Subtract x from both sides. 9x=5 X=1 .5555 must equal 1. There it isn't. Because that math is bullshit. linkfedilink
minus-squareblue@ttrpg.networkhexbear7·6 months agox = 5/9 is not 9/9. 5/9 = .55555... You're proving that 0.555... equals 5/9 (which it does), not that it equals 1 (which it doesn't). It's absolutely not the same result as x = 0.999... as you claim. linkfedilink
X=.5555...
10x=5.5555...
Subtract x from both sides.
9x=5
X=1 .5555 must equal 1.
There it isn't. Because that math is bullshit.
x = 5/9 is not 9/9. 5/9 = .55555...
You're proving that 0.555... equals 5/9 (which it does), not that it equals 1 (which it doesn't).
It's absolutely not the same result as x = 0.999... as you claim.