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		firtoz on Oct 29, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Remarkable Number 1/89 (2004) Then how does 1/8 become 0.125? If you do the calculation, with each step it goes towards 0.124999999999

archgoon on Oct 29, 2020 [–]

> with each step it goes towards 0.124999999999

Also known as .125.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0.999...

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