A random quandery.

[skill_guy101]

1/3 of 100 is 33.3 recuring.
33.3 recuring = 99.9 recuring, not 100.

whys that?

[Subway]

Are you serious? Because 1/3 of 100 is not 33.33 it's 33.333333...(infinite)

Fredi

[aversion]

Are you serious? Because 1/3 of 100 is not 33.33 it's 33.333333...(infinite)

Fredi

That's what recuring means, we say that to mean the number goes on forever.

[silverx2]

skill guy they round it up.

[Subway]

That's what recuring means, we say that to mean the number goes on forever.

Haha, ok. Guess I should not ignore the words I don't know in a case like this.

Fredi

[admedia]

on my calculator divide 100/3 = 33.3........................
muliply the quotient by 3 and I get 100 back, not 99.9...............

[lefteyewilly]

your caculater rounds up Admedia...i get 99.9

[kjamx]

Stupidest Tread EVER

[admedia]

your caculater rounds up Admedia...i get 99.9

I am using the one built into Windows XP.

if I simply take 33.33333333333333333333333333333 (the most 3s I can fit) and multiply by 3 i get 99.99999999999999999999999999999

[silverx2]

well obviously windows xp calculator has a bug and it needs ot be patched right away.

the mac calculatoro is always right apple calculator > windows calculator :-o

[nordberg]

in the real world, 100 divided by 3 gives you 33.3, 33.3, and 33.4.
that's just the way we roll...

[Subway]

OK. Let me try to explain this:

99.9 recuring is 100 because 100 minus an infinite small number is sill 100

Why? Because an infinite small number is 0 and not 0.0... recuring ...01 as this number dosen't exist.

Got it?

Fredi

[kjamx]

Seriously people 33.3 * 3 = 100...who gives a %$#

[admedia]

Seriously people 33.3 * 3 = 100...who gives a %$#

no it doesn't.

[skill_guy101]

but surely their has to be an infinately small gap between 33.3 recuring x3 and 100?

no matter how many desimal places you put on 99.9recuring its still smaller than 100 or am i missunderstanding the consept of infinity?

[admedia]

Yea, I think the key is infinitely small.

So windows XP calculator understands infinitely small numbers?
How about the Mac subby?

[skill_guy101]

ahh so infinately small actually = 0 period. i get it

[Subway]

or am i missunderstanding the consept of infinity?

Yes.

Same reason why infinite -1 is still infinite.

Or why infinite multiplied with infinite is still infinite.

Fredi

[nordberg]

no matter how many desimal places you put on 99.9recuring its still smaller than 100 or am i missunderstanding the consept of infinity?

no, but you're missunderstanding the concept of usefullness.
again, in the real world, we call 99.999999~ 100.
budgets don't get balanced and sales don't get made if we worry about this stuff.

[skill_guy101]

"Maybe if it were the same monkeys, they would get better"