The sum of three one-thirds equals one, however 0.999 does NOT Equal One.
The 'logic' used in the article in wikipedia is flawed.
Sure, use the repeating decimal.. keep writing them until you are blue.
Saying it repeats forever, and then ignoring the repeat in multiplication or division is cheating.
Fact: 1/3 does NOT equal 0.333.
Fact: 1/3 plus 1/3 plus 1/3 does equals 3/3 which is also equal to 1.
So, the assertion that 0.333 is equal to 1/3.. is false.
(It doesn't matter how many places you carry out the repeating 3.. they are not equal.)
It's not April Fools yet, right?
No comments :
Post a Comment