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0.999999... = 1?

Name: Anonymous 2006-05-25 9:53

What the fuck. Why is that true. They got different numbers in them.

Name: Anonymous 2006-07-12 0:44

>>154

But it is debated. Why? Because there are really no definate laws when dealing with infinities. 1 * 2 = 2 is definate. It is not debated. I propose that the reason .999... = 1 is accepted is because there are no math problems where a 1/infinity amount is going to make a difference.
But conceptually, .999... and 1 are very different things. And in at least that respect, they are not the same number.

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