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category: Math
mathjax: true
---
+{% include common/mathjax_workaround.md %}
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First, let's determine that
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0.(9) = 1
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-This is counter-intuitive, but demonstrably true.
+This may seem counter-intuitive, but demonstrably true.
If $$0.(9) \neq 1$$, then $$\exists n \in \reals: 0.(9) < n < 1$$.
To put it another way, there must be a number greater than 0.(9) and lesser
than 1, equal to neither.