- #71
EnumaElish
Science Advisor
Homework Helper
- 2,350
- 124
Doesn't this merely shift the punchline of the proof, so to speak? Doesn't one have to prove 1/3 = 0.333... ? How's that easier than proving 1 = 0.999... directly?waterchan said:...
1/3 = 0.333...
1.3 * 3 = 0.333... * 3
1 = 0.999... also works.
...
Either I am the smartest one in this bunch or I missed the point of a lot of the postings here.