1=.999(infinity)

[Dennis]

And i'll prove it to you! Alright, in front of you, you have three fractions all of which are one third. Now add them all together and what do you get? 1!

1/3+1/3+1/3=1

Alright, now with the second grade math out of the way, we move on to third grade math! Take those fractions and convert them to decimals. Hopefully, you know that 1/3 is the fractional equivalent of .333(infinity). So what are we left with?

.333(infinity) + .333(infinity) + .333(infinity)=.999(infinity)



Here is where it get's interesting. If both addition problems are the same exact problems with the same exact values expressed in two different forms, how did we get two different answers? We didn't. Theoretically speaking, .999 (infinity)=1



The more you know!

 

[McConnaughay]

Okay, but have you heard the homeless man with the golden voice? I googled this to see if it was agreed on by anyone else and found this.



http://upload.wikime...Perspective.png



Which I've spent the last five or so minutes playing with, move to one side, then the other, move to one side, and then the other.

 

[Dennis]

Sorry, i don't follow. What does the golden voiced homeless man have to do with any of this? And what are you moving from one side to the other?

 

[McConnaughay]

Sorry, i don't follow. What does the golden voiced homeless man have to do with any of this? And what are you moving from one side to the other?

It was supposed to a random joke .... and .... the thing that I was moving from side to side was the picture ... that I posted ... you know, after I said, and found this.

 

[Dennis]

I'm not sure how to react so i'll smile and wave

 

[McConnaughay]

I'm not sure how to react so i'll smile and wave

It wasn't a difficult post to fathom, if you gave it some thought. Either way, it was an interesting little math tidbit, good work, I suppose.

 

[Dennis]

It wasn't a difficult post to fathom, if you gave it some thought. Either way, it was an interesting little math tidbit, good work, I suppose.

Well sure you say that, you made it. Who made you the judge of the understanding complexity of posts? Sorry, i'm just working with what you gave me here

And thanks, but i didn't make this theory i stumbled upon it.

 

[Fatal Dawn]

You are taking the 3 thirds to combine them to make a whole. That is why you have (1/3) + (1/3) + (1/3) or (3/3) or 1.

1/3 in decimal form is the .333 repeating 3x equals the radical .999 repeating into infinity or assumed to be 1.

There is some doubt though, .999 will never technically reach 1.





Here is another simple math trick.

When you are adding by the number ten you can take the first digits of the number (1 and the other digit) and the last digit of the number you are adding to ten.



10 + 29 = 39

or 1 + 2 = 39



Also if you do this: 1+0+2+9 = 12

What equals twelve? The two digits in 39. 3+9= 12,



Subtract the two digits individually from your answer.



39-9 = 30, 3+0=3

39-3 = 36, 3+6=9

39 (or you could add it to be 12)

 

[Evil Eye]

Our primary school calculators did that... 10/3*3 != 10 We had a laugh.

 

[Fatal Dawn]

lol, (10/3)(3/1)



12 is an amazing number. These are my unfinished calculations.





Left decreasing integer +1, right increasing integer -1



39

48

57



66



75

84

93



Each number here can combine both digits to equal 12 (example: 3 and 9, 5 and 7).

Also the sum total is 462 = 4+6+2 = 12

(4)(6)(2) = 48, 4+8 = 12

(4)(6) / 2 = 12





462 + 4+6+2 = 474 | 462 + 24 = 486

462 - 4-6-2 = 450 | 462 - 24 = 438



486 - 474 = 12

450 - 438 = 12





4+4=8,

(7)(5) = 38

Redistribute numbers

4}8}6} 4}7}4

4-4=0

8-7=1

6-4=2

{sequence of 0,1,2}





Do the same for next set

4}5}0} 4}3}8

4+4 = 8

5+3=8

0+8=8

{sequence of 8,8,8}

3*8 is 24. Half of 24 is 12.



8+0= 8 | 8-0= 8

8+1= 9 | 8-1= 7

8+2= 10 | 8-2= 6



Left inc 8, +1, right dec. 8, -1



And ad infinitum...?

 

[Evil Eye]

Twelve is scary!

 

[Fatal Dawn]

Twelve is scary!

It is crazy. And I've devoted a lot of my free time just trying to calculate the secret behind this mysterious number.



And some people believe the sequence of 888 has something of a biblical prophecy attached to it.

 

[Evil Eye]

Found anything conclusive?

 

[Fatal Dawn]

Not even close. Just bits and pieces, although I'm starting to understand more and more.

 

[Evil Eye]

Hmm

Well, let us know when you know everything!