You're not subtracting anything infinite. Whatever you think of 0.99999... (and the correct thing to think is that it equals 1), I hope we can both agree that i

You're not subtracting anything infinite. Whatever you think of 0.99999... (and the correct thing to think is that it equals 1), I hope we can both agree that it is at least finite! I mean, we can agree that it's less than 2 and more than 0, right? That subtraction is just as valid as saying 0.333... + 0.333... = 0.666..., or that 1/3 + 1/3 = 2/3.