0.999 = 1

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  Don't we get the furthest from 1 as 9's are added to .999~?

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  • Noismith
  • Nope.5timuli
  • .999999 is closer to 1 than, say, .999 which is = to .9990000...ismith
  • Unless the 9's you talk of are 9.0's, then yes.5timuli
  • hmmm ok then. but the number is not getting bigger, you're just describing it's limits, no?
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  • It's getting bigger but it'll never reach 1.0.5timuli
  • one thing is certain 4.48am is like 5am to me. Goodnight!
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  • ok i get it 5timuli. thx. gn.
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  • Actually, I misread... if you're specifying farther into .999~ then it's not getting bigger, but you're not specifying a limit either.ismith
  • either. You're just working harder than you need to because the ~ here is symbolizing an infinite string of 9ismith
  • 9. If you said just .999 then yes, the number is actually changing as you specify extra digits.ismith
  • .999~ is the same as .999999~ and .999999999~... but .999 ≠ .999999 hehismith

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