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demanbmore t1_iuil2ic wrote

You cannot plot ANY number with perfect precision on a number line. Each number is represented by only a single point on the line. A point is zero dimensional - it has no length, no width and no depth. We can mathematically determine where a point belongs on a number line, but we cannot actually plot such a point with perfect precision. This is true whether the number is rational or irrational.

Plotting a number on a number line (or any set of axes) is always an approximation. No matter how precise the tools we use to mark the spot, and no matter how fine the point of the actual marking device, the mark will always be infinitely larger than the actual point at issue. That is, there will always be an infinite number of points within the mark that are not the point that's intended to be marked.

That said, for just about any human endeavors, we can plot points with "good enough" accuracy.

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