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Question from Eve, a student: Hi, i had a problem with change 0.99999... this recurring decimal to a fraction. I know the method, but the answer I got is 1 as you can see below. x=0.9999..... Where have i done wrong? |
Hi Eve,
You did nothing wrong. 0.9999... is another way of writing 1.
Harley
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