if numbers are finite, why do we use /100 or 100% to measure limit?

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edit: if numbers are *INFINITE*. sorry, my thumb slipped

In: Mathematics

Answer 1

1. Numbers are infinite. Only each individual number is finite, but in general, there are infinitely many numbers.
2. Percentages are neat. If you have 4623765872675632 apples, out of which 65463875682 are spoilt, is that a lot of the apples?Answer: It’s about 0.001%, so roughly one in a hundredthousand apples.