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Re:A graphic illustration of 0.999…=1 by dimitar on Tuesday August 02, 2011 @09:25AM (#2837003)
0.(999) = 1 - 1/inf this should be intuitive.

and since 1/inf is 0

0.(999) = 1

Check the same reasoning in mathematical notation: http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/6/f/a/6fa510b44742046a167b4...

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Re:A graphic illustration of 0.999…=1 by tbh2347 on Saturday August 06, 2011 @09:14PM (#2855351)
Not to be that guy, but technically (0.999) = 1 - 10^(-inf).
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