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ExtremeBuilder15 is not online. ExtremeBuilder15
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19 Jun 2016 04:27 PM
When you see something like this 4/11 do you think of 4 over 11 (fraction), 4 divided by 11 (division) or something else?

What if you saw it like this?
wait(4/11)


I'm curious what other people think of /
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F18ACE is online. F18ACE
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19 Jun 2016 04:28 PM
division
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HalfPinky456 is not online. HalfPinky456
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19 Jun 2016 04:28 PM
if I saw it in a wait, I would think the person is dividing
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F18ACE is online. F18ACE
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19 Jun 2016 04:29 PM
although a fraction is just showing division, so it's essentially the same thing.
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ExtremeBuilder15 is not online. ExtremeBuilder15
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19 Jun 2016 04:36 PM
@F18 that's my point, I always think of it as 4 divided by 11 instead of a fraction, but when I see
4
--
11

I think of a fraction even though it usually means division.
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AggressiveCatch is not online. AggressiveCatch
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19 Jun 2016 04:50 PM
a fraction and division is the same thing...
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ExtremeBuilder15 is not online. ExtremeBuilder15
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19 Jun 2016 04:57 PM
Well, not really

1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 (or 1/3*3) could give you two different outcomes. Lua would say 0.999... but fractions would say 1
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Flux_Capacitor is not online. Flux_Capacitor
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19 Jun 2016 05:10 PM
0.9 repeating IS 1
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AggressiveCatch is not online. AggressiveCatch
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19 Jun 2016 05:19 PM
flux weren't u the idiot that told me it wasn't? i'm pretty sure that was you but idrk
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Flux_Capacitor is not online. Flux_Capacitor
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19 Jun 2016 05:20 PM
I've never said it was not equal, you're imagining things.
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AggressiveCatch is not online. AggressiveCatch
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19 Jun 2016 05:22 PM
yeah you were

http://forum.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=188541867&PageIndex=1

that's the thread
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ExtremeBuilder15 is not online. ExtremeBuilder15
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19 Jun 2016 05:24 PM
Ouch
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Flux_Capacitor is not online. Flux_Capacitor
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19 Jun 2016 05:30 PM
Why don't you go read that thread again and see why you're wrong and stupid. I never said 0.9... is not equal to 1
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AggressiveCatch is not online. AggressiveCatch
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19 Jun 2016 05:33 PM
you said 0.000...1 is not 0 which follows the same logic as 0.999... equalling one

also look at this stupid thing you said

"Chuck has to walk from point A to point B which is 1 KM away
He notes down how far he has left after he's walked half way from his current position to point B
His notes look like this:
.5 (1/2)
.25 (1/4)
.125(1/8)
approaching 1/inf

And so on. That's more or less what's happening here. It's not 0, it's just an infinitesimal. The probability APPROACHES 0, but it's NOT 0."

by this logic Chuck will never reach point B, but obviously he does

the same way that there is a 0% chance for the thing OP is tryna do with his tables happening an infinite # of times
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Flux_Capacitor is not online. Flux_Capacitor
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19 Jun 2016 05:35 PM
I don't need to argue with you.
You proved your stupidity when you said: 1/x will meet the axis
"you're stupid, you can only reach a finite number on your calculator, so you can never see the point where it meets the y axis"
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AggressiveCatch is not online. AggressiveCatch
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19 Jun 2016 05:37 PM
you proved your stupidity when you said chuck will never reach point B because of your incorrect logic

also

how the hell do you agree that 0.999... is equal to 1 but not that 1/x will meet the y axis? you're opposing your own views
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19 Jun 2016 05:38 PM
"you proved your stupidity when you said chuck will never reach point B because of your incorrect logic"
The logic is fine, except that in real life you cannot walk an infinitesimal amount of space. Mathematically speaking he will never reach his point.

"how the hell do you agree that 0.999... is equal to 1 but not that 1/x will meet the y axis? you're opposing your own views"
Because they're 2 different concepts.
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19 Jun 2016 05:40 PM
"Mathematically speaking he will never reach his point."

clearly you have no idea what you are talking about, so idk how u are arguing with me about infinity

"Because they're 2 different concepts."

nope it's exactly the same concept

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19 Jun 2016 05:41 PM
At this point I'll just assume you're a troll if you really think you can plugin a number for x in (1/x) and get 0 (touches the x-axis) or some magical number that makes it touch the y-axis.
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Flux_Capacitor is not online. Flux_Capacitor
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19 Jun 2016 05:41 PM
That magical number would be 1/0 (which is not defined) by the way, since it touching the y axis would mean x = 0
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AggressiveCatch is not online. AggressiveCatch
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19 Jun 2016 05:46 PM
since u obviously don't know what the hell you are talking about, please do educate yourself

first, you can watch the video about infinity on the youtube channel Vsauce

and then go and search up Zeno's paradox



then once you've done that hopefully you can see why you are wrong because you obviously fail to understand
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Flux_Capacitor is not online. Flux_Capacitor
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19 Jun 2016 06:03 PM
You're a skid
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AggressiveCatch is not online. AggressiveCatch
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19 Jun 2016 06:04 PM
and you're an idiot
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Flux_Capacitor is not online. Flux_Capacitor
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19 Jun 2016 06:14 PM
> says the one who thinks 1/x can touch the y axis
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19 Jun 2016 06:15 PM
> says the one who agrees that 0.999... = 0
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