.9999..... = 1

Right, so:

1/3 = .33333....
(1/3)*3 = 1
.33333....*3 = .9999....
Therefore 1 = .9999....

Does this mean that whole number do not exist and are just limits?

I like to look at it this way:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/6/8/0/6...a46f9c.png

Irrelevant of what way you look at it, it's coming infinitely close to 1, thus technically 1. In a sense, a limit.

wow, this actually makes sense to me and i have been horrible in math my whole life haha..

Umm I fail at this xD! Lemme see...

This blows my mind, I literally have no idea how that works.

i have no idea what i just read

You've failed to recognize other fractions and divisions that doesn't produce repeating decimals. In those instances, whole numbers are possible even with used decimals. ex: 1/2= .5 and .5x2=1

There is a name for the mathmatical law that makes it one, why can't I remember it. And .3333... is another way for saying 1/3, so the answer is still technically 1.

There are many proofs for this :
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/recreat...999------1

I think the most convincing way of thinking of this is that those 2 numbers, although appearing different, represent the same value.