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replace x with 5 and do similar calculations, it will prove 5=1, I shit you not... SO, IT MUST BE TRUE...
I think what one group of people is trying to get to is that 0.9999 (repeat infinitely) is for all intents and purposes 1...
that however does not mean that it equals 1.
You see, there's a little thing called the equals sign, or "="...
One of the first things you learn in math is that whatever is on either side of the equals sign has to amount to *exactly* the same as on the other side, or the equation or whatever is just wrong. Plain wrong. Thus, any one single number cannot equal any other number than itself. 1=1... 1!=1.1... same idea...
Now, however, if you argue that because 0.999... is repeated infinitely and there by cannot be treated as a normal number but more like some sort of idea or concept, then yes that may be the case, but THEN you cannot equal a concept or an idea, something that is NOT a normal number, with something that IS a number... that would be like saying: cherry toppings=1...
but then again, this whole thread is just one big troll, but it's a fun troll...