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Originally Posted by Xeroc
Don't you mean 1.999999999999..... = 2?
It is true, it's based on limits, I'll explain it sometime if you wish.
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That may be the
limit of 1.999999... as the number of 9's approaches infinity, but even at infinity I don't think of it as equalling 2. ( Yes that was an example of Proof type 27 :P )
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