– why is 0.999… equal to 1?

Question

I know the Arithmetic proof and everything but how to explain this practically to a kid who just started understanding the numbers?

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Answer 1

Wow. So much confusion in the comments.

0.999…, 1, 1.0, 1.00, … are all representations of the same number. This is just a characteristic of the decimal notation that the same number can be represented in many forms.