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

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re(2): Ideas | Comment 20 of 45 |
(In reply to re: Ideas by Tristan)

I must agree with Tristan.... Gamer, your analogies don't apply.

What's more... you wrote:
"...I could say 3.999 [sic] doesn't really exist.

If you mean 3.999..., then generally, that is denoted with 3.9 with the 9 having a bar over it, indicating a repeating decimal. It exists simply because we write it in our nomenclature, and algebra has means to deal with such numbers.
  Posted by SilverKnight on 2003-11-16 13:03:20

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