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0.9999999...=1.0

Name: Hump4us 2007-10-06 22:29

It's a fact. Deal with it, bitches.

Name: Pasis 2007-10-09 11:24

This has something to do with the geometric sum to infinity.

0.9999999... = 0.9 + 0.09 + 0.009 + ...

r(ratio of geometric progression) = 0.09/0.9 = 0.1
and a(the first term)

Sum of a geometric series approaching infinity is given as S=a/(1-r) if r<1, and S=a/(r-1) if r>1.

Therefore, given that r is less than 1...

S= 0.9/(1-0.1)
 = 1

Convergence of numbers is when an total infinite number of sums is a finite number. 0.9 + 0.09 + 0.009 + ... will be 1 as the number of the sum approaches infinity.

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