# 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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> [@SubaruDan](#):
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> 10x = 10.999…

10x = 9.99999…

> [@badazzss](#):
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> now try multiplying those numbers by .999~. can’t really do it. and even at your best approximation, the number comes back skewed in the decimal. at SOME point in the number, there will be a digit that is no longer 9. the same works with dividing by 999~.
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> it.

You can’t do it b/c you can’t multiply on a traditional calculator by an infinitely repeating number…

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