Is 0.9999... equal to 1? If so, how can I convince someone else that this is true?
0.999... is a repeating decimal, so:
Let x represent the fraction that 0.999 is equal to.
x=0.999...
10x=9.999....
10x-x=9.999...-0.999....
9x=9
x=1
True.. but this is more of a logical explanation(your math is definitely correct, didn't think of that!)
However, 0.99999... more of converges to 1 but never truly reaches it.
Eventually the difference is so small so we basically call it one.
eventually the thing is 0.000000....1 but... it goes on forever. So there is no end digit!
Thus the thing is actually 0.00000...0000...0000..
Soooo
:)