Math with Bad DrawingsCartoon Archive

Stop Repeating Yourself

2022

0.999… insists it equals 1, and asks 1 to let it finish repeating.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2022-01-01-stop-repeating-yourself/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

0.9̄: "You and I are equal. Equal, equal, equal…" 1: "We are not! Stop repeating yourself!" 0.9̄: "Hey, if you'd just let me finish…"

Topics
Number & Arithmetic › Decimals › Repeating DecimalsNumber & Arithmetic › 0.999… = 1Calculus › LimitsCalculus › Series › Geometric Series
Level
Middle SchoolHigh School
Themes
PunsSelf-Reference