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[–] upsiderue@lemmy.fmhy.ml -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Read carefully. I wrote a finite number(0.999...9)

[–] Cortell@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Think carefully

What does 0.99…8 represent to you exactly

If it’s an infinite amount of 9s then it can’t end in an 8 because there’s an infinite amount of 9s by definition so it’s not a real number