Imagine a long metal rod that is literally infinite in length. Now imagine two more of those, seperate from the first one. With these two combined, would there be more matter than the infinite single rod?

 

This is a bonus question a professor gave us to solve and we have to explain. WHAT IS THE ANSWER!? x D

Edited April 16, 201411 yr by Raziel

There would be the same amount of length present because both are infinite. and infinite on top of infinite is still infinity. infinity = infinity

 

Your professor must be pretty clever for coming up with a trick question like that. I had to stop and think for a minute.

Edited April 16, 201411 yr by Amber Cole

My theory is that since the first rod is limitless, combining two other limitless rods would not result in a difference from the first one. Neither can possibly have more matter than the other, since they both have no limit.

Fool. Infinity is not a measure of anything. It is the idea of numbers going on forever. You can't add it.

Fool. Infinity is not a measure of anything. It is the idea of numbers going on forever. You can't add it.

lol I wonder if I'd get points for writing that

You would make a super dildo.

(but seriously, they'd be the same length)

lol I wonder if I'd get points for writing that

Fool. Do it. Asking if something is longer implies a measurement. Infinity is not a measurement. Therefore the question itself is flawed. Also, two objects that go on infinitely cannot be stacked since neither have an end.