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Well, I guess that answers my question, but I still wonder why my math teacher specifically marks points off for writing "the sum of the series is 30" as opposed to "the sum of the series approaches 30 or converges to 30." :confused:

I was doing some research about .999~ = 1 tonight and I came across this page. I agree completely that .999~ is indeed equal to 1. However, I have question. Based on what I read, I concluded that .999~ can be expressed as an infinite geometric series such as 9/10 + 9/100 + 9/1000... etc. From...