Re: Bedeviled by the .999~ = 1 "debate"
- From: Virgil <ITSnetNOTcom#virgil@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 22:12:12 -0600
In article <slrndgfcbr.42n.tim-usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Timothy Little <tim-usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A N Niel wrote:
> > Or ask what is the number halfway between them.
>
> 0.<infinitely many 9's>5, duh!
>
>
> - Tim
Wrong, since 0.999... cannot have a last digit neither can
(1+0.999...)/2
.
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