# .9999... equals 1

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/9999-equals-1/214584>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [January 30, 2007, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/9999-equals-1/214584 "2007-01-30T11:15:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Al6200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Al6200](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Al6200)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/9999-equals-1/214584/1 "2007-01-30T11:15:15Z")

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It does. It does indeed. This sparks a lot of controversy when people discuss it, so I decided to bring it here. One of my teachers refuses to accept that it is correct!