Right - I also find it easier to say that really, "1" is just a different/shorthand notation for 0.(9) It's not "two different, but equal numbers" - it's two d

Right - I also find it easier to say that really, "1" is just a different/shorthand notation for 0.(9) It's not "two different, but equal numbers" - it's two different notations for the same number. Like how you can write same number in different ways in different bases - this is just writing the same number, in the "infinite number of decimals" vs "natural" way.