# .9999~ = 1?

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> [@jeeves744](#):
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> no it doesnt. It will get infinitally closer to 1 but never reach it.

Only correct if you terminate the expansion of the number. As long as it continues to infinity, it is simply another representation of 1/1. Like .3333… is a representation of 1/3.

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