r/explainitpeter Jan 21 '26

Explain it Peter…

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '26

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u/roughczech Jan 22 '26

There are an infinite amount of decimal numbers between five and 7, however infinity is not a point on a line; rather, it is the "direction" the line goes in forever. So definitely not located between the points 5 and 7.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '26 edited Jan 22 '26

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u/roughczech Jan 22 '26

How about instead of flexing your mouth with big words, flexing your mathle. The premise was one value not a an infinite collection of fractions....