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the purpose of this

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1 / 11 = 0.0909090909090909090909

2 / 11 = 0.1818181818181818181818

3 / 11 = 0.2727272727272727272727

4 / 11 = 0.3636363636363636363636

5 / 11 = 0.4545454545454545454545

6 / 11 = 0.5454545454545454545454

7 / 11 = 0.6363636363636363636363

8 / 11 = 0.7272727272727272727272

9 / 11 = 0.8181818181818181818181

10 / 11 = 0.909090909090909090909

11 / 11 = 1

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE NUMBER 11 IS INEXTRICABLY RELATED TO THE NUMBER 9. AND PERHAPS BETWEEN THEM THEY POINT TO THE REASON FOR THIS, NAMELY THE NUMBER 10. SO, MATHS, THE PATTERN OF NUMBERS, TALKS TO US AND IT SAYS "LOOK, YOU HAVE 10 FINGERS", "AND BECAUSE YOU HAVE 10 FINGERS, THESE NUMBER THINGS YOU HAVE CREATED AS A RESULT, WHEN YOU DIVIDE ONE OF THEM BY 11, YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT THE NUMBER 9 SO THAT YOU REALISE WHERE THE NUMBER 10 AND ALL OF THESE NUMBERS CAME FROM"...."IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE THE NUMBER OF FINGERS YOU HAVE, AND YOU CALLED IT 10 AND THATS WHY IT IS 10, AND THATS WHY YOU PUT TWO FIGURES, ONE NEXT TO THE OTHER WHEN YOU GET TO 10, BECAUSE OF 10. IF YOU HAD 8 FINGERS THEN 8 WOULD BE 10. YOU WOULD WRITE 18 AND THAT WOULD MEAN 10. THOUGH THAT DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU`VE INVENTED 0 YET.......YOU`LL HAVE TO TALK TO LETTERS ABOUT THAT"


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