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Re: .999~ = 1

Also, the infinite decimal expansion 0.99999... is the geometric series .9+.09+.009+...

a = 0.9 (the first term)
r = 0.1 (the constant multiple).

Geometric series with |r|<1 converge to a/(1-r). In this case, that's 0.9 / (1-0.1) = 0.9/0.9 = 1

So 0.9999... = 1.
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