0.9999.... = 1.0

[Chark]

1 = 0.9... + ( 1 - 0.9...)

1 - 0.9... = x

1 = 0.9... + x

I don't see how this is reconcilable. The absence of an answer is not an answer.

In OP, wouldn't 9x = 8.9... not 9?