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Old 4th May 2008, 10:34 PM
gohm
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Default Re: Use four 0's & any mathematical operators to get 24

Nope, it is never equal to 1. Only 1 is equal to 1. In most practical uses it is close enough mathematically to round the .99999 to 1 however it is never actually equal to 1.

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Originally Posted by The_Big_K View Post
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K.I.S.S

...and since when did we start relying on 'approximate' values?

On the same lines, I've another question -> is 0.999999...(infinite times) equal to 1 ?

If yes, how? If not, why?
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