Thread: 0.9 repeating = 1?
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Re: 0.9 repeating = 1?
Lets try it this way.


X=.99999...
Thus X*10=9.99999....
now 9X = X*10 - X = 9.999... - 0.999... = 9.000
9X = 9
X = 1

And proven.
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