# Does .999999 = 1    vPOLL

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**Created:** [June 20, 2006, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546 "2006-06-20T08:06:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/104 "2006-06-21T16:51:32Z")

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> [@badazzss](#):
>
> its been awhile since i’ve done math… but… how do you get from:
> 
> - x = -0.999…  
> to  
> 9x = 9.000… = 9  
> ?
> 
> to get from - x = - 0.9999~ to the next step, you would have to multiply both sides by -9. when you do so, you can’t multiple -9 by -0.9999~ because it will only give you an approximate #, it will NOT give you 9. it’s impossible to multiply that without rounding.
> 
> and like sureshot said, 1/3 does not equal .3333~
> 
> 1 does NOT equal 0.9999~ there is a place for 0.9999~ on the number line, and it is IMMEDIATELY TO THE LEFT of 1.0.
> 
> /thread.

you arent going from

- x = -0.999…  
to 9x = 9.000… = 9

you start with

10x = 10.999…

then you subtract x from each side, and get 9x = 9.000… = 9

edit: I dont want it to seem like me helping someone with the math to prove .99… = 1 means that I believe it. I still dont, and I still like my argument.

My favorite number is the number i…

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