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 Originally Posted by OngBonga
Ok, so like the reciprocal of a pair of numbers... the larger the one number, the smaller the other number. As we approach infinity, the reciprocal approaches zero.
But so long as one number is defined, so is the reciprocal. However large the larger number gets, so long as it is not infinite, then its reciprocal will not be infinitesimal. We can measure it. It is 1/x, that is a meausrement because we know x. Only if we don't know x can we not know 1/x.
That's what a limit means, we don't have a definition for how far it goes except that it never reaches its limit.
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