Re: rational number

From: Stan Brown (the_stan_brown_at_fastmail.fm)
Date: 10/30/04 

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 21:40:15 -0400

"Chrisbe" <chrisbe@msn.com> wrote in sci.math:
>Is .99999999999... a rational number?

Since it is identically equal to 1, of course it is rational. 

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