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<p>[QUOTE="davidh, post: 457007, member: 15062"].99999 is the same as having one steel cent in 2000 rolls of cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>.9999 is the same as having one steel cent in 200 rolls of cents, or 10 steel cents in 2000 rolls.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thus, there is a factor of 10x of "impurities" in .9999 vs .99999 but what's the practical difference? Even in a bucket of 100,000 cents it would be difficult to find the 10 steel ones.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="davidh, post: 457007, member: 15062"].99999 is the same as having one steel cent in 2000 rolls of cents. .9999 is the same as having one steel cent in 200 rolls of cents, or 10 steel cents in 2000 rolls. Thus, there is a factor of 10x of "impurities" in .9999 vs .99999 but what's the practical difference? Even in a bucket of 100,000 cents it would be difficult to find the 10 steel ones.[/QUOTE]
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