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Infinity+1
Which is more, infinity or infinity plus one? Why?
Hint
One is not necessarily one more than the other.Answer
They are equal.Don't believe me?
Think about it like this: You have an infinite group and an infinite plus one group. If each item in a group has another to go with it in the other group, there is an equal amount.
for this we'll say X is the one.
Here are the groups:
[x,1,2,3,4,5,6,7....]
[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8....]
See how the groups match up evenly? Because both will go on forever, each number will have a match.
But what if you add in the X at the end? You can't. There's no end to infinity. So there's no place to put it at the end.
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