Re: Does the number of nines increase?

On 6/26/2024 12:19 AM, WM wrote:

Le 26/06/2024 à 01:38, "Chris M. Thomasson" a écrit :

On 6/25/2024 1:18 PM, WM wrote:

Let the infinite sequence 0.999... be multiplied by 10. Does the number of nines grow?
Corollary-question: Does the number of nines grow when in 0.999 the decimal point is shifted by one or more position?

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Huh? .999 * 10 = 9.99
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The number of nines is still three.

 Hence after the decimal point it differs.

I missed the part where you were using .999... = .(9)
Sorry about that, anyway,
(.999...) * (9.999...) = 9.(9) = 10
See?