(October 18, 2009 at 10:45 pm)Armitando Wrote: i disagree with the statement 0.9repeating = 1, because, not matter how infinitely close it is to 1, it never can be.
0.9... is infinitely long.
It is not infinitely large, the limit is 1.
The limit of a series, even an infinite series, must be part of the series.
If 1 is the limit of 0.9... then 1 must be part of the series 0.9... and thus equal to 1.
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