zangatangring
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Angriest, embarassed, saddest and dismayed i've been ever (I think). How stupid does the vast majority of a mathematics faculty at a school have to be to deny this?!?!?!?
Had a confrontation with a Chemistry teacher. He was being so condescending saying that 0.9 reoccuring is less than 1 and kept on reiterating that he has a phd in quantum mechanics so he must know everything. Parents, if you have a child who is a white male, the world is their oyster. People can be so stupid. How can this guy get a head of science job?!?!?
Anyways this is the proof he denies that i showed him.
if 0.(9) = 0.9 reoccuring
Consider 0.(9) and assume it is indeed less than one.
By observing that,
0.9 + 0.1 =1, 0.99+0.01 =1, 0.999+0.001 = 1 and so on...
That implies that 0.(9) + 0.(0)1 = 1.
However, the expression 0.(0)1 = 0 because it implies that there exist a finitely bound decimal place where you can 'place' the one. However, since there is an infinite amount of 0's there exists no bound for the 1 to be 'placed' hence,
0.(0)1 = 0.(0)= 0.
So, 0.(9) + 0 =1.
Also, has anyone here ever had an encounter where someone is being so stupid, condescending and arrogant especially while abusing their authority or 'position'?
Edit: oh yeah, I'm the laughing stock of this year. That's why i'm angry etc. Deliberately made to be humiliated.
Had a confrontation with a Chemistry teacher. He was being so condescending saying that 0.9 reoccuring is less than 1 and kept on reiterating that he has a phd in quantum mechanics so he must know everything. Parents, if you have a child who is a white male, the world is their oyster. People can be so stupid. How can this guy get a head of science job?!?!?
Anyways this is the proof he denies that i showed him.
if 0.(9) = 0.9 reoccuring
Consider 0.(9) and assume it is indeed less than one.
By observing that,
0.9 + 0.1 =1, 0.99+0.01 =1, 0.999+0.001 = 1 and so on...
That implies that 0.(9) + 0.(0)1 = 1.
However, the expression 0.(0)1 = 0 because it implies that there exist a finitely bound decimal place where you can 'place' the one. However, since there is an infinite amount of 0's there exists no bound for the 1 to be 'placed' hence,
0.(0)1 = 0.(0)= 0.
So, 0.(9) + 0 =1.
Also, has anyone here ever had an encounter where someone is being so stupid, condescending and arrogant especially while abusing their authority or 'position'?
Edit: oh yeah, I'm the laughing stock of this year. That's why i'm angry etc. Deliberately made to be humiliated.