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Proof (Posted on 2002-05-29) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Prove that 3.999... = 4

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...horseshoes and grenades | Comment 30 of 45 |
I don't think you can use Tristan's proof. If 3.999... equals 4, then 4.0000...001 must equal 4 as well. So 3.999... then equals 4.000...001. But these can't be the same since 4.0 is a number between these.

I don't think you can actually prove 3.999... equals 4. Mathematically the posted solution is correct, but literarily 3.999... is equal to "almost 4". And almost only counts in...
  Posted by Jack Squat on 2003-12-31 15:12:11
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