Re: 9th grade math question

Storm wrote:
> 
> Please bear with me if I am not following a protocal for the group.
> 
> My step daughter is in 9th grade math (she is in 7th grade).
> She asked me earlier in the week if .999 going off in to infinity is the
> same thing as 1.

If your step daughter can sum a geometric series then she can prove for
herself that

0.999... = 9/10 + 9/10^2 + 9/10^3 + ... = 1.

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