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Re: impossible statements

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson
Your position is based on the false impression that the 9s eventually run out, leaving a bit left unaccounted for. They don't; that's what repeating decimals are all about.
It is also similer to Limit of x as x approches 1. This isn't what is x when x is one, but you could treat it like that because x can be 1. you are so close to one that it might as well be one
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