Re: rational number

From: robert j. kolker (nowhere_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 10/30/04 

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 21:40:31 -0400

Stan Brown wrote:

> "Chrisbe" <chrisbe@msn.com> wrote in sci.math:
>
>>Is .99999999999... a rational number?
>
>
> Since it is identically equal to 1, of course it is rational.

Identically equal is redundant when it refers to a pair of constants.

Either identicial or equal. Not both.

Bob Kolker

>

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