Wednesday, September 19, 2007

The Problem with Division

There is a problem with our system of division. 1/9 in decimals is .1111..., 2/9 is .2222... all the way up to 9/9 which according to the pattern should be .9999... but 9/9 is 1. Mathematicians consider .9999... to be equal to 1 but I don't. There is a negligible difference but there is a difference.