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X=.5555…

10x=5.5555…

Subtract x from both sides.

9x=5

X=1 .5555 must equal 1.

There it isn’t. Because that math is bullshit.

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x = 5/9 is not 9/9. 5/9 = .55555…

You’re proving that 0.555… equals 5/9 (which it does), not that it equals 1 (which it doesn’t).

It’s absolutely not the same result as x = 0.999… as you claim.

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Where did you get 9x=5 -> x=1
and 5/9 is 0.555… so it checks out.

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Quick maffs

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Lol what? How did you conclude that if 9x = 5 then x = 1? Surely you didn’t pass algebra in high school, otherwise you could see that getting x from 9x = 5 requires dividing both sides by 9, which yields x = 5/9, i.e. 0.555... = 5/9 since x = 0.555....

Also, you shouldn’t just use uppercase X in place of lowercase x or vice versa. Case is usually significant for variable names.

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