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Topic	What is the number between 0.999... and 1?
Gwynevere 07/26/21 7:09:53 PM #32:	Tyranthraxus posted... Incorrect. 0.999... is a constant numeric value. Numbers cannot "approach" anything they look like horizonal lines if you graph them. Numbers cant approach anything, but limits do, and that's exactly what 0.999... is. The graph of 1-10^-n isn't actually horizontal, it's asymptotic, with its asymptote being 1. --- A hunter is a hunter...even in a dream <cite>Gwynevere posted [p:956488585] in What is th... [t:79581761]...</cite> <quote>Tyranthraxus posted... </cite> <quote>Incorrect. 0.999... is a constant numeric value. Numbers cannot "approach" anything they look like horizonal lines if you graph them.</quote>Numbers cant approach anything, but limits do, and that's exactly what 0.999... is. The graph of 1-10^-n isn't actually horizontal, it's asymptotic, with its asymptote being 1. --- A hunter is a hunter...even in a dream</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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