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SentientPotato
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03 Jan 2019, 5:51 pm

Aaaand this is a thread from over 12 1/2 years ago.

Maybe something within the timestamps aligns with the topic at hand.


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03 Jan 2019, 5:53 pm

I was in primary school when this thread was posted. And I was probably already familiar with the principle being described here.



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04 Jan 2019, 7:39 pm

2.999999.... is equal to three minus the reciprocal of infinity.

One over infinity less than three.



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05 Jan 2019, 3:55 am

naturalplastic wrote:
2.999999.... is equal to three minus the reciprocal of infinity.

One over infinity less than three.


The reciprocal of infinity would be zero.