for a folk tale and cool math problem .999999 could equal 1 depending on sig figs…but this is infinate soo no
although when calculating say a satilites path of passing pluto to do research and the camera/hightechequiptment need to be in the right place (where really really small numbers matter) the difference between .99999999 and 1 is hundreds of thousands of miles… and if nasa just said “close enough” you wouldet be gettin pics of pluto…