I notice that Pro forgot to define 'equals' so I will provide that definition by making a hybrid definition based on 2 links.
Being identical with what is about to be or has just been mentioned in quantity, size, degree, or value.
Let's debunk Pro's case now.
x = 0.9r
10x = 9.9r mutiplying both sides by 10
10x = 9 + 0.9r separating 0.9r and 9
10x = 9 + x substituting 0.9r with x
9x = 9 by subtracting x from both sides
x = 1 by dividing both sides by 9
Alright, so here is where we will turn Pro's disproof of me against Pro himself/herself.
Pro is denying that the difference between 1 and 0.9r is existent at all. The difference is 0.0r1 (the 1 is going to happen after an infinite number of 0's).
This value: 0.0r1 is argued by people on the side of Pro as being too irrational or far from real consideration because the 1 follows a series of infinite 0's which thus are never going to actually become the 1.
So when Pro multiplies 0.9r by 10 in order to ascertain what 10x (x=0.9r) is, Pro defeats their aforementioned attack on Con and here is why:
To multiply by 10, there must be a 0 placeholding the final number of the number being multiplied by that 10. In this case, that final number is 9. In reality 0.9r is actually able to be written as 0.9r9 because it is a series of infinite 9's with a number 9 at the end just the same in significance as the 1 at the end of 0.0r1 which is the difference between 0.9r and 1 and which Pro is denying is to be considered existent at all. Thus, if we are to multiply 0.9r by 10 either we can't do that since it will actually be 9.9r0 and the 0 will never ever come to be just as the 1 would never come to be in 0.0r1 or we admit that 0.0r1 matters as an actual value and then we concede that the resolution is false.
1 - 0.9r = 0.0r = 0 ergo 1 = 0.9r
This is a lie.
1 - 0.9r = 0.0r1 =/= 0.0r
(=/= means 'is not equal to' and/or 'doesn't equal')
There's no value so close to 1 such that you can't fit another value half way between it and 1. For example, suppose we thought 0.999 was the closest number to 1. We would have thought wrong as 0.9995 is halfway between 0.999 and 1.
If 0.9r were less than 1 then you could fit another value halfway in between 0.9r and 1. For example, 0.9r5. But this can't be done because the 9's go on infinitely. You would have to get past the 9's to fit the 5. You can't get past the 9's.
0.9r5 actually is half way between 0.9r9 and 1. You are forgetting that the 9 at the end of the series is just as impossible to reach as the 5 at the end of those 9's. Either you are denying 0.9r9 ever reaches the last 9 and thus are claiming it doesn't exist and thus can't be equal to 1 which does exist as a number or you admit that 0.9r5 is indeed what you just said we would have thought.
nerds
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>Reported vote: 3RU7AL // Moderator action: Removed<
1 point to Pro (conduct), 3 points to Con (arguments). Reasons for voting decision: Argument points awarded to CON for round one, "1 - 0.9r = 0.0r1 =/= 0.0r" and round two "0.9r9 is as irrational a number as 0.0r1. Just because the string of infinite 9s ends in a 9 doesn't at all make it less irrational. The number being the same as those preceding it doesn't make it any less attainable..." and CON directly addresses the debate resolution at the end of round two with, "...0.0r(ending in a 1) is an actual number and therefore the difference between 0,9r and 1 is real." I find these arguments to be logically consistent as well as persuasive. Argument points not awarded to PRO for round one arguments detailed as 1, 2, and 3. PRO defeats their own resolution with their argument 1 "x = 0.9r" and "10x = 9.9r". PRO's logic fails to be persuasive on argument 2 with, "1 - 0.9r = 0.0r = 0 ergo 1 = 0.9r" which implicitly relies on the assumption that there is no remainder at all, which would rely on rounding the remainder to zero, which contradicts their point for argument 1 which would (for example only) presumably be 10 - 10x =/= 0. PRO's logic fails to be persuasive on argument 3 with, "But this can't be done because the 9's go on infinitely. You would have to get past the 9's to fit the 5. You can't get past the 9's." because, (for example only) in mathematics, infinity plus one has meaning for the hyperreals, and also as the number ?+1 (omega plus one) in the ordinal numbers and surreal numbers (wiki). Conduct points awarded to PRO for dispassionate attention to the topic. Conduct points not awarded to CON for the round one comment, "This is a lie." which I believe constitutes an ad hominem attack on PRO.
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[*Reason for removal*] (1) This vote fails to meet the criteria for awarding conduct points. In non-forfeit debates, to award conduct, one debater must have been excessively rude, profane, or unfair, or broke the debate rules. The voter merely points to a sentence "this is a lie," which is (a) not an ad hominem attack and (b) does not meet these criteria. (2) Arguments are insufficiently explained. The voter merely quotes pieces of text of debaters and calls them persuasive or unpersuasive, without analyzing the clash that occurred in the debate, explaining *why* the arguments were persuasive, or engaging in any kind of weighing analysis. All the analysis that the voter *does* make is analysis which is not mentioned by Con in the debate, and is merely the voter engaging in judge intervention.
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I am not trolling and other than his/her conduct vote, 3RU7AL wasn't trolling either.
Your vote strikes me as insufficient on the award of arguments points. It only references round 1 arguments. The only comment on Con's arguments were "and CON directly addresses the debate resolution at the end of round two with" and "I find these arguments to be logically consistent as well as persuasive." Your rejection of Pro's arguments was based solely on your own arguments which did not appear in the debate. No reference to Con's arguments is found within your rejection of Pro's arguments.
In your vote you have no idea what an irrational number is.
An infinite series of 9 followed by a 1 is an impossible number. Being an infinitely repeating decimal does not make it irrational. In fact .9r is NOT an irrational number. It is a rational number.
Your vote is factually wrong.
RationalMadman must be trolling.
Does he really think the only way to multiply by 10 is to add a zero. When moving the decimal point over one space along an infinite series of 9's is perfectly logical mathematically sound way of doing so.
He hasn't argued using any legitimate math. Must be trolling for a laugh.
Toodaloo
I will correct this in round 2.
0.9r05 is in between 0.9r9 and 1