Thread: Is 0.99999 = 1?
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Old 25-01-2006, 05:25 PM
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Limit the number of decimal places and it doesn't work.

X=.99999
10X=9.9999
10X-X=8.9991
therefore 9X=8.9991

.99999 recurring is not an exact number but depending on how many decimal places you take it gets closer to 1 but never 1.
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