Re: Demo: Modelling Cost of Travel Paths Between Towns
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 01:30:17 GMT
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"Ja Lar" <ingen_at_mail.her> wrote in message news:419a3e90$0$311$edfadb0f_at_dread11.news.tele.dk...
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> "Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> skrev i en meddelelse
> news:7Dqmd.104475$R05.22082_at_attbi_s53...
> > "Ja Lar" <jalar_at_nomail.com> wrote in message
> > news:cn1qq6$ff9$1_at_news.net.uni-c.dk...
> >>
> >> > All days
> >> > (excluding special cases) have 23.99999999999999999999.... hours.
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> >> Wrong. A normal day has 24 hours (and 86400 seconds - guess why!).
> >
> > Uh, 23.999... is exactly equal to 24. Note the "..." specifies the decimal
> > is repeating. Twenty three followed by an infinite number of nines
> > is the same number as twenty four.
> >
> I think you misquote the point.
My mistake. Sorry.
Marshall Received on Wed Nov 17 2004 - 02:30:17 CET