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Old 04-26-2009, 10:48 AM  
hjnet
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Quote:
Originally Posted by polle54 View Post
We etract 1 X on each side:

10X - X = 9.999... - 0,999...

9X = 9
Normaly I'd say that 9,999...9-0,999...9 = 9.000...9 and NOT 9,000...0

BUT it plays somehow with the fact that an infinite set has the same number of elements as i.e. 2,3,4, X-times that infinite set.
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