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I had trouble with the whole 0.999... = 1 thing as a young lad until I noticed something about fractions. Any digit over 9 equals a decimal of zero point itsel
by darthazad 7y ago
I had trouble with the whole 0.999... = 1 thing as a young lad until I noticed something about fractions.
Any digit over 9 equals a decimal of zero point itself repeating. I.E.
1/9 = 0.111...
2/9 = 0.222...
3/9 = 1/3 = 0.333...
...
1 = 9/9 = 0.999...
- soVeryTired 7y agoThis one is better than the other child comment, but you still need to show that the limit of a sum is the sum of the limits. Not as easy as you might think, and not usually done in high school!