How can you prove or disprove that 1 = 0.999999…?
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2 Comments
ildar · May 7, 2012 at 11:20 AM
Ha-ha-ha! Correct but not obvious equation.
Just consider 1 as 3 * (1/3) where 1/3 is 0.333… or 0.(3). The next step is reverse one: 0.333… * 3 = 0.999… or 0.(9). That is 1.
There are more than one proof. I shown the simplest.
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