Thread: .999999 = 1
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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Kestrel
So looking at this some more, I think the guy is right (as much of an arrogant prick he is), but his proofs are wrong. Two ways to look at it:
1) Calculus limit
0.99999..... = 1-1/10^x, where x goes to +inf.
lim x->inf (1-1/10^x) = 1

2) Geometric series
0.99999..... = 0.9 + 0.09 + 0.009 + ... + 0.9*1/10^x, where x goes to +inf
sum of a converging geometric series = a/(1-r)
=> 0.9/(1-1/10) = 1
he's trying to prove that .9 repeating = 1

you just proved that the limit of .9 repeating = 1.
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