Why is the set of natural numbers infinite?
AThey never end
BThey never equal
CThey never expand
DThey never exceed
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. They never end
1. Counting the elements never terminates.
2. There is always a next natural number.
3. The number of elements is not finite since there are infinite natural numbers.
4. So the answer is they never end.
_Source: NCERT Class XI Mathematics, Ch 1 'Sets'_
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