⌊ 0 . 9 9 9 … ⌋ = ?
Note :
The ellipses mean that the 9 's go on forever
The context is in the real numbers
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@Calvin Lin , @Agnishom Chattopadhyay ,
This solution is true, but I still think that the answer should be 0, because 0.99999... tends to 1, but never actually reaches it. Even if a number is infinitesimally smaller, it still is smaller.
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NO! Check the wiki
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I get that it is equal to 1, but I don't think that the floor function should be defined for such expressions
∑ k = 0 ∞ 0 . 9 ( 0 . 1 ) k = 0 . 9 1 − 0 . 1 1 = 1 and the integer part is 1 .
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It's late at night but I will get to it tomorrow!
Im writing this post because I'm a bit confused. Let's formulate the problem as below.
l i m n → ∞ ⌊ 9 ∑ k = 1 n ( 0 . 1 ) k ⌋
I do not think the limit of this expression is equal to 1 (it looks more like 0 ). However, if we write as below, then the answer is 1
⌊ l i m n → ∞ 9 ∑ k = 1 n ( 0 . 1 ) k ⌋
I do not know which one is correct, so, any comment is welcome.
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Relevant wiki: Is 0.999... = 1?
A simple proof that 0 . 9 9 9 ⋯ = 1 is shown below:
PROOF
x = 0 . 9 9 9 … then,
1 0 x = 9 . 9 9 9 … ,
If we subtract x from both sides then,
9 x = 9
Divide both sides by 9
x = 1 = 0 . 9 9 9 …
And thus ⌊ 1 ⌋ = 1
You can read more about it in the wiki