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Man, I remember getting the kindergarten question at a point where my older brother had already told me that you can just add more digits and it always gets bigger.
I was so angry at that question, because what the hell do you want me to do here? I think, I ended up just cramming as many 9s into the box as I could, but that question is almost philosophical.
Clearly, I'm able to think of an even larger number by cramming one more 9 into there. So, what I've written down is always wrong. It is never the largest number that I'm actually able to think of. I'm telling you, I got forced into this life of lies and crime at a young age.
the real answer is n+1