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[โ€“] Blum0108@lemmy.world 47 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I was taught that if 0.9999... didn't equal 1 there would have to be a number that exists between the two. Since there isn't, then 0.9999...=1

[โ€“] wieson@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago

Not even a number between, but there is no distance between the two. There is no value X for 1-x = 0.9~

We can't notate 0.0~ ....01 in any way.