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[–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 105 points 1 year ago (40 children)

Actually 0.99... is the same as 1. They both represent the same number

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/0.999...

[–] upsiderue@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (16 children)

If .99....9=1, then 0.999...8=0.999...9, 0.99...7=0.999...8, and so forth to where 0=1?

[–] kadu@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Huh... Where did you get "0.999... = 0.999...8" from? There's a huge difference here.

[–] 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

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