" The origin of the name "America" comes from the Welshman Richard Amerike. The reason it doesn't seem plausible that Amerigo Vespucci is that it if people had places named after them, it would be their surname, rather than their forename that was used. For example, Magellan Straits (Ferdinand Magellan) and Tasmania. (Abel Tasman)"
it is true that 'asymptotic to 1 and equal to 1 are different'. However, .9 repeating is not 'a' symptotic to 1'. It is equal to one.
What people above said about '.3 repeating' being the closest we can come to digitally displaying the value of 1/3, is true.
The concept of infinity is hard for the human mind to grasp; we can really only understand it abstractly. Thats why .3 repeating (and .9 repeating) cause such mental dissonance. Its kinda the same reason some people are so obsessed with finding digits of pi.
.9 repeating is equal to one. Thats really its definition. Since .3 repeaing is 'one third', three thirds is a whole.
I think I encountered this idea in 1st grade or something when I told the teacher I'd found the smallest number EVER! and said it was 1 - .9 repeating. She thought it was cute and told me whats up.
yeah, they are guideline, so don't ignore them. You don't know how long and in what condition some packaged foods were in before getting to the store. Honestly, why take the chance? Even if it's "safe" to eat, isn't something with an earlier date 'fresher', thus tastier, at least?
" The origin of the name "America" comes from the Welshman Richard Amerike. The reason it doesn't seem plausible that Amerigo Vespucci is that it if people had places named after them, it would be their surname, rather than their forename that was used. For example, Magellan Straits (Ferdinand Magellan) and Tasmania. (Abel Tasman)"
What people above said about '.3 repeating' being the closest we can come to digitally displaying the value of 1/3, is true.
The concept of infinity is hard for the human mind to grasp; we can really only understand it abstractly. Thats why .3 repeating (and .9 repeating) cause such mental dissonance. Its kinda the same reason some people are so obsessed with finding digits of pi.
I think I encountered this idea in 1st grade or something when I told the teacher I'd found the smallest number EVER! and said it was 1 - .9 repeating. She thought it was cute and told me whats up.
I didn't know they were placebo! Why would they put them there if there was no point? That's annoying.