Is it possible?

Algebra Level 1

True or false :

0.999 = 1 \quad 0.999\ldots = 1 .

False True

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3 solutions

Sam Bealing
Apr 17, 2016

x = 0.9999..... x=0.9999..... 10 x = 9.99999... 10x=9.99999... 10 x x = 9.999999... 0.999999... 10x-x=9.999999...-0.999999... 9 x = 9 9x=9 x = 1 x=1

Goh Choon Aik
Apr 19, 2016

0.333333333333... = 1/3

Multiply both sides by three

0.999999999999... = 1

Hung Woei Neoh
Apr 18, 2016

0.999 = 0. 9 ˙ 0.999\ldots = 0.\dot{9} is a recurring decimal. It can be written in the form of a sum of a geometric progression as below:

0.999 = 0.9 + 0.09 + 0.009 + 0.999\ldots = 0.9 + 0.09 + 0.009 + \ldots

where the first term, a = 0.9 a=0.9 and the common ratio, r = 0.09 0.9 = 0.1 r = \dfrac{0.09}{0.9} = 0.1

The sum goes to infinity, therefore

0.999 = 0.9 1 0.1 = 0.9 0.9 = 1 0.999 \ldots = \dfrac{0.9}{1-0.1} = \dfrac{0.9}{0.9} = 1

0.999 = 1 0.999 \ldots = 1 , therefore the statement is True \boxed{\text{True}}

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