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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 2006-07-17 13:25

>>188
>>189
Yes, any recurring decimal number is rational. You can convert any recurring decimal x with period length n to a rational number just by taking 10^n x - x:

   x = 0.18181818...
100x = 18.181818...
 99x = 18
   x = 18/99 = 2/11

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