The question is so strange..
Most should have seen it, don't flame. \ 1 and 0.9 repeating, which is bigger?
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The same size... One-third equals 0.3 repeating. Multiply both sides by 3, and you get 1 = 0.9 repeating... If you don't believe it, calculate it yourself.
2 and 4 differ by 2, and multiplying both by 2 gives 4 and 8, which differ by 4 and not 2. Your kind of analogy is wrong, because the relationship between the two is not as you think. 1/3 is 0.3 recurring, so 1 is 0.9 recurring? Can you just multiply it by 3 like that? 1/3 is approximately 0.33333333..., and multiplying it by 3 gives approximately 0.9999999..., which is very close to 1. There's nothing wrong with that—it's just that rounding causes the discrepancy. This problem is just creating trouble for yourself =~=|||
If I say 1 is 0.5 repeating, where is that wrong? Is 1/3 0.3 repeating, and 1 then 0.9 repeating? Does 1/3 × 3 = 1 mean that 0.3 can be multiplied by 3? If the relationship between two numbers satisfies y = x², then when x = 1, y = 1; does that mean when x = 2, y is 2? When you don't know the actual relationship between the two, you can't just assume that the result's relationship follows the multiple relationship between them.
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