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tiornys posted...

I think maybe a better way of explaining the topic scenario is this:

Saying that 1 = 0.999... is similar to saying 1 = sin(pi/2) or 1 = the integral of (x*dx/1122) evaluated from -16 to 50. It's an unnecessarily complex way of writing "1" that draws on mathematical concepts outside the scope of everyday life.

It's just that 0.999... looks less complex than it actually is.

That's a good way of explaining it. 0.999... is a simple notation for an awfully complication gadget that needs a theory of infinite series to have a value.
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