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Re: Math Quiz 9

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Originally Posted by FiMFanatic View Post
Makes no logical sense unless the question is improperly worded or bounded. You can fit an infinite number of lines in the box, and fact is, more lines closer to 0 in length fit in the box than lines averaging 0.52xxxx
There are uncountably infinite lines of length 0.01, just as there are an uncountably infinite number of lines of length 0.52.

It makes no logical sense to say that there are "more" or "less" of one uncountably infinite thing than another uncountably infinite thing.
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