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To: reed13k

“Approaches” 1, never =.

338 posted on 03/12/2018 2:19:06 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)

To: Cletus.D.Yokel

No, literally =

   10i = 9.99999 ....
 -   i = 0.99999 ....
   -------------------
    9i = 9.00000 ....
     i = 1

The same method can be done to convert any repeating decimal into a regular fraction.

344 posted on 03/12/2018 2:31:18 PM PDT by Cboldt

To: Cletus.D.Yokel

then how is 1/3+2/3=1 if 1/3=.333.... and 2/3=.666....?

367 posted on 03/12/2018 3:03:20 PM PDT by reed13k

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