Thread: Why .9r = 1
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Old 10-15-2004, 08:39 PM   #7 (permalink)
Rekna
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.99999999999 repeating into infinity is equivalent to 1.

This can be proven by using a geometric series. But i don't want to go through the whole proof. (though it follows the same idea that you have in your post)
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