Book Maths Puzzle

What is the biggest number multiplied to 100 so that the result is less than 100

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the number must be less than 1 i.e, .999....
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The way the question is written is incorrect.
but if the ques is the no. multiplied to 100 results less than 100 then answer is .999 only.
i.e .999*100 = 99.9(
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Answer is 0.999....
Because 100*0.999...=99.999...
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