The Right to Be Wrong.

Meike, Gerald

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ERIC Number: EJ604117

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Publication Date: 2000

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The Right to Be Wrong.

Meike, Gerald

Ohio Journal of School Mathematics, n41 p28-29 Spr 2000

Reconsiders the article 'The .999999 Controversy' by Ronald Selby featured in the Spring 1999 issue which tracks the responses of high school classes to a sequence of six arguments offered to them that .999999=1. Discusses mathematical proofs and the proof of this particular question. (ASK)

Descriptors: High Schools, Number Concepts, Proof (Mathematics), Secondary School Mathematics

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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