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      6 months ago

      Only if you’re rounding. 99.9 is still 1/10 of a digit separated from 100, but it’s not equal to 100 for good reason.

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          6 months ago

          It only signifies that the post-decimal nines are repeating infinitely. It still doesn’t make 99.99999…=100 unless you intentionally round the value for some nondescript reason, and even then, rounding off isn’t changing the value, only the perceived value for mathematical simplicity, not objective accuracy.

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            6 months ago

            “.9…” is repeating, but rational. So it’s actually “1” . Let’s do the math.

            .9… / 3 = .3…

            .3… = 1/3

            1/3 x 3 = 3/3

            .9… = 3/3

            3/3 = 1

            .9… = 1