Weird math fact

A comic strip  (which you can see here after the jump) raised a mathematical conundrum that I’ve been trying to get my mind around.  Maybe you can help. (1) 9 x 1/9 = 1.   Right?  That’s what the fraction 1/9 means. (2)  1/9 = .1111111. . .  If you turn 1/9 into its decimal form, [Read More...]