Try to disprove that 0.9999999..... doesn't equal 1

[I_Pwn_Crackpots]

I dare anybody to try and disprove the fact that 0.9999999..... repeating doesn't equal 1.

 

In particular, read some of the proofs on this website here: http://www.qntm.org/?pointnine

 

Good luck

[Gilded]

I think there are something like 1787569 threads about this.

[the guy]

well all numbers go on forever (1.oooo..... and 34.6590000...... e.t.c.). 0.99999999....... is going to carry on forever but the '0' in front of it will always be there. there will always be nothing there. 1.000000000.... will always be 1.00000... with the 1 there. there is something there. there is 1, there is a whole number in front of it. a whole has been added to it. therefore 0.9999999.... cannot be the same as 1.0000000.....

[D H]

Not again! Can someone lock this thread?