whizzball1

Myriad Reality

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We got into a huge PM fight about it.

@Webmaster

Well I know that, but I don't remember how you explained the whole 1/3 = 0.333333... thing is an estimate.

Myriad Reality

Ooh, this is cool.

5/7 = 0.714285
6/7 = 0.857142
7/7 = 0.999999

11/13 = 0.846153...
12/13 = 0.923076...
13/13 = 0.999999...

Even if it's not proof, it's nice to think about.

Myriad Reality

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Oh, no, it doesn't do that. I mean, it does, but it isn't.

@Webmaster

What does it do, then, pray tell?

Myriad Reality

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That's how math works. There's probably a theorem on why.

@Webmaster

Probably. By the way, I just realised that the number of possible uneven divisions of 7 is six and the number for 13 is 12. I wonder what happens with 19...

Myriad Reality

OH MY GOSH
THE DIGITS OF THE REPEATING DECIMALS OF 7 AND 13 EACH ADD UP TO 27
IT'S SO COOL

Myriad Reality

gasp
13 does the same thing, twice

(11 apparently repeats in multiples of 9, which is weird.)

Myriad Reality

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First, I still don't get it. Second,

@Etcetera

When you divide by seven unevenly, the repeating decimal is always some combination of 1, 4, 2, 8, 5, and 7, in the exact same order, just beginning from a different section. It's really cool and I don't know if any other prime number does that.

Myriad Reality

off to vbs

Myriad Reality

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I suffered through five years of Spanish classes. No más.

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What?

@Etcetera

1/7 = 0.142857142857...
2/7 = 0.285714285714...
3/7 = 0.428571482571...
4/7 = 0.571428571428...
5/7 = 0.714285714285...
6/7 = 0.857142857142...

Myriad Reality

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Feliz cumpleaños.
Yes, I am being that guy.

@Galaxy Raider

?

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VII?

@Etcetera

The 142857 thing.