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    Quote Originally Posted by fcman
    If Sn is the summation of 9/(10^n) from n=0 to n=inf.
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    1 = the limit as n->inf of Sn

    Calc 2 at it's best, convergence... lol, takes me back to sophomore year.
    lol yea good time (not). Hated calculus when I took it, learned to like it later in other math classes.

    So umm the limit of Sn = 0 as n-> inf. You're dividing 9 by a 10^n which explodes as n-> inf.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Atlblkz06
    lol yea good time (not). Hated calculus when I took it, learned to like it later in other math classes.

    So umm the limit of Sn = 0 as n-> inf. You're dividing 9 by a 10^n which explodes as n-> inf.
    how does it explode, it continuously approaches 1

    9/10^1 = .9 + 9/10^2 = .99 + 9/10^3 = .999 etc...
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