document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=151943>Question 151943</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Why is the set of natural numbers an infinite set but the set of blades of grass outside your yard a finite set? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You can count the number of blades of grass and there will not<BR>\n" );
document.write( "be any that are uncounted.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you try to count the natural numbers you may arrive at <BR>\n" );
document.write( "what you call the \"last number\"; but there is always a number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "one greater than that \"last number\", and another number <BR>\n" );
document.write( "one greater than than, and another number one greater than <BR>\n" );
document.write( "that, forever.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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