Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 22 Dec 1996 22:11:30 -0500 (EST) | From | David Schwartz <> | Subject | OFFTOPIC: Algebra (was re: AMD (fwd)) |
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On Sun, 22 Dec 1996, Bryn Paul Arnold Jones wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Dec 1996, Rob Glover wrote: > > _ _ > > Well, they still have to do a bit of funny math... 33.33 * 3 = 99.99 > > <this is an example of 100 :>
I feel really silly posting this to linux-kernel, but 99.99... is 100. Rememberering high school algebra,...
X = 99.9999.... Multiplying both sides by 10 gies 10X = 999.9999....
Subtracting the above from the first equation gives
10X - X = 999.9999... - 99.9999....
Which gives:
9X = 900
Dividing both sides by 9 gives
X = 100
Hence 99.99...... equals 100. No funny math needed.
DS
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