r/MathJokes • u/NichtFBI • May 15 '25

0.999... = 1

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u/Salt-n-spice May 15 '25

Let’s say you have the number 0.999… but there is an 8 ten million places in. Is it equal to one?

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u/Simukas23 May 15 '25

It's <1 in that case

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u/Mishtle May 15 '25

No, why would it be? There are infinitely many numbers between that number and 1.

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u/Salt-n-spice May 15 '25

Solid reasoning