0.33 recurring is 1/3
0.66 recurring is 2/3
and 0.99 recurring is 3/3.
therefore 0.99 recurring = 1?

if you rounded up, sure.

Are you a calculator.

.33 recurring is used to write down 1/3

.66 recurring is used to write down 2/3

And 1 is used to write down 3/3

It's impossible otherwise.

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jeez, this has been asked many times.

0.99 recurring is as close to 1 as physically possible, and even more than that, so in relative terms: Yes, 0.99 recurring = 1.

In math, .99 recurring is 1. It is accepted.

****en learn to maths

.99 repeating is 1. This is proven by the fact that when subtracted, the numbers have no "difference".

.9 = 9/10
.09 = 9/100
.009 = 9/1000
... etc.

.9999999... = 9/10 + 9/100 + 9/1000 + ...

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.99 repeating is 1. This is proven by the fact that when subtracted, the numbers have no "difference".

that fact only holds true if we agree that .9999999... is one. so I don't think that really proves anything.

That said, I agree with you. It is generally agreed upon in the mathematic community that .9999 is 1.

Hey, what's going on. I posted the proof. It's done.

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It is generally agreed upon in the mathematic community that .9999... is 1.

It's not just "generally agreed upon". It's fact. To reiterate my initial statement, I posted the proof.

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Hey, what's going on. I posted the proof. It's done.



It's not just "generally agreed upon". It's fact. To reiterate my initial statement, I posted the proof.

Its not over till the fat lady sings.

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Its not over till the fat lady sings.

She did. That's why it's called a proof. A mathematical proof proves a mathematical statement to be true. End of the line. No argument will trump it.

Here's another attempt at proving this. Methinks it's irrational to try and compute an infinite value. 6^infinity = null because you will never finish computing that. Same idea with 10*0.999 to infinity and beyond.

0.99 recurring is ..........................................................................................................................1

As closest as possible, 0.99 (or 0.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 to infinity) is ..........................................................................................................................1

But that only depends on HOW you calculate the recurring of 0.99. Actually, 0.99 recurring is sometimes projected by others as not 1 because they didn't round the number and had gone to:

As closest as possible, 0.99 (or 0.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 to infinity) is

It's called a rounding error.

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