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AbbathTheGrim said:
But the difference between 0.9999... and 1 is .1 not 0. 


Nope, it's zero. 

1 - 0.9 = 0.1

1 - 0.99 = 0.01

1 - 0.9999 = 0.0001

But when you have infinite nines, you also have infinite zeros and never reach the 1. 

  1.0000000000000000........
- 0.9999999999999999.........
=0.0000000000000000........

At no point will you ever reach ....0001.