this doesn't make sense to me, smart people? (infinity)

[kiwiMark]

Seems like it is though, on account of when you multiply it by 3 you still get a recurring number rather than a nice round 1.

I mean I totally get that for practical purposes there's no difference because the difference is infinitely small, but to me there still seems to be a leap to then say in absolute terms that there's no difference, if that makes sense?

[Lukie]

Seems like it is though, on account of when you multiply it by 3 you still get a recurring number rather than a nice round 1.

I mean I totally get that for practical purposes there's no difference because the difference is infinitely small, but to me there still seems to be a leap to then say in absolute terms that there's no difference, if that makes sense?

One way you can look at it is to try to find a number between the two that are listed.

so for example, does .99999999999999 = 1? No. .9999999999999999999999 is between those 2 numbers. When you get to .9 (repeating) i.e. .999..., there is nothing between that number and 1. Obviously that's not the most technical explanation.