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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

The way I see it is the difference between equal numbers is zero.

The difference between 0.999… and 1 is 0.000…, and since the nines don't end, the zeros don't end, so the difference is just zero.

Meaning 0.999… = 1