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Solve question number 4

Solve question number 4-example-1
User Roo
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Ah, to be seeing this for the first time.

We have


x = 0.999999999...

So


10x = 9.99999999...

Subtracting,


9x = 9


x = 1

Answer (as a fraction): 1/1

That's not an approximation; 0.9999... is exactly equal to 1.

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