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Article #5079Re: Help me deal w/ infinity
From: NE28
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:47
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:47
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I don't really see your problem, because in my opinion 0.9(r) is equal to one. Proof: Consider the sum 0.9+0.09+0.009+..... It can be easily rewritten as 9*Sum((1/10)^n),n=1 to infinity. This is just the geometrical sum. the limit of the above is 9*(1/(1-(1/10)))-9 (the -9 is because the geometrical sum starts with n=0.) that is (10/9)*9-9=1. So you see 1=0.9(r) Greetings Carsten Grueber
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