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Re:0.999...= 1 by ben509 on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @03:52PM (#23011094)
Here's one stupid, simple proof that doesn't require any predefinition.

We do longhand division of 9 by 9, but start by putting a 0 in the first place.

        0.99
    9 | 9.0000
        0
        9 0
        8 1
          90
Hence, 9 / 9 = 0.999 = 1.
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