Thread: .999~ = 1
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Re: .999~ = 1

He's using the ~ to represent a repeating a repeating decimal, I think.

1/9 = .111~
2/9 = .222~
7/9 = .777~
9/9 = .999~ = 1

This can also be done with

1/11 = .0909~
2/11 = .1818~
5/11 = .4545~
10/11 = .9090~
11/11 = .9999~

So, yes. .999~ = 1

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