29 Jan
2012
29 Jan
'12
6:10 a.m.
Really, this is so simple. You are adding numbers in columns 000 001 002 ... 000001002... What happens around 1000? 997 998 999 1000 1001 1... 997999000001002... The carry from the 1000 term flips 999 to 1000, and the carry from that 1000 flips 998 to 999. The effect is that the 999 shifts 3 digits left and overwrites the 998, which is lost. On 1/28/2012 8:43 PM, Ray Tayek wrote:
At 02:01 AM 1/28/2012, you wrote:
If we want 998, we can use 1/99980001 (we will obtain more exactly 0998). But this time 9998 will disappear for the same reason.
so the 998 really is not "in order" with the rest of the 3 digit numbers?
thanks