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A.T.
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You start with 1m. You subdivide it into more and more, smaller and smaller pieces. But you never add to or abstract from it, so it remains 1m:ShaunM said:I still don't understand why that makes 1m
1 =
1/2 + 1/2 =
1/2 + 1/4 + 1/4 =
1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/8 =
1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + 1/16 =
...
The sum doesn't change in those steps, so no matter how often you repeat it, it is still 1.
This way to write it also avoids the issue mentioned by @jbriggs444.
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