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# Proving the impossibility

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Yesterday i was puzzling with some problems related to fractions ,for example:- Find out the coprime possitive integers (a,b) such that when a is divided by b yields the fraction 0..688888888....... Problem can be easily solved as follows:- $let x=0.68888888888....-(1)$ Multiplying both sides by 100:- $100x=68.88888888.....-(2)$ Subtracting equation one from equation two:- $99x=68.2$ On canceling comen divisers:- $x=\frac{31}{45}$ Since 31 and 45 are coprime so answer is (31,45) Mathod can be used to convert all rational fractions into the form $\frac{a}{b}$ After solving five or six such problems by using this mathod i tried to convert 0.99999999.... into the form a÷b but got a contradiction as follows:- $let x=0.999999...........-(1)$ Multiplying both sides by 10:- $10x=9.99999999.......-(2)$ Subtracting (1) from (2):- $9x=9 ==> x=1$ But from equation (1) x=0.99999..... So does this means that 0.99999....=1 . . Well i think this could be probebly because 0.99999.... is an irrational number (i think so),but problem is that i am not much fimiler with mumber theory so i don't know any mathod to prove that this number is irrational...what do you think about it..

Sorry for all grammer and spelling mistakes i am not good in english :p

Note by Aman Sharma
3 years, 4 months ago

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- 2 years, 9 months ago

Anytime you have a repeating decimal, it's a rational number. So, 0.9999999.... etc is pretty rational to me.

Another example:

$$0.05882352941176470588235294117647058823529....$$

looks irrational, but it actually repeats (look CAREFULLY). This one is $$1/17$$.

- 3 years, 4 months ago

Well reccuring decimal numbers are always rational i read it somewhere..........but sir i am realy confused with 0.9999999....'s case, i am realy intrested in its solutions..i am trying to find numbers a and b such that a/b=0.99999........ I also tried to solve it by converting number into infinite series but in vain

Also number given by you is aldo rational i solved it by mathod of differences

- 3 years, 4 months ago

See.. no. Is irrational only when it is neither recurring nor repeating....like

.99999999 or .12367456456456

so both these no. Are rational and can be convert into a:b...

- 3 years, 4 months ago

Can you convert 0.99999......... into a:b

- 3 years, 4 months ago