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>>15111209
ok. Assuming your graphic description is an infinite amount of zeros, one can define this as being the sum in picrel.
the sum of (q)^n with n going to infinity for a converging sum (this is obviously converging) is 1/(1-1/10) *9 (the nine in front of the sum) but the sequence also has to include the 0th term which is 9. By plugging in 1/10 and substracting you get 1.

Simply put, 0.99999 is the (converging) sum of a sequence and by taking it to infinity, you're basically saying it's equal to one.

There you go. It's surprising I didn't see this answer in this 200+ reply long thread.