Am I missing something here?
1.99999999999 with a finite number of 9's is not the same as 1.999...999 with an infinite number of 9's. (I've been beaten by ages by Eric5h5 though
This thread really surprises me. I learned this stuff in 9th grade. It's stuck with me ever since. I went to a pretty good school, but surely you folks learned this kind of math at some point in high school? Or even college?
Its poor scientific literacy.