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Re: .999~ = 1

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Originally Posted by gwross
Nothing's illegal, eh? To get from

to

you have to divide by (b-a) which is zero! Which is the DEFINITION of illegal!
yep. oldest trick in the false-proof book. second oldest is trying to argue that x^2 = y^2 implies that x = y.
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