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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Buyimports2
What part of the guy's algebra is wrong? How did your teacher disprove this?
.9 repeating to infinity has infinity 9s.

multiplied by 10, theres one less 9 after the decimal point after shifting everything to the left.

0.999999.....................................9 x 10 =
9.999999.....................................0
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