Why is math so important in physics?

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If mathematics is just a useful tool we made up, then how can it describe the world with perfect accuracy? And how come as soon as you remove mathematics and mathematical equations from physics, physicists can no longer objectively explain or predict anything?

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Because everything can ultimately be described in numbers. Size, mass, speed, acceleration, frequency, etc. All of the essential characteristics of everything are ultimately a number or equation of numbers. Even colour can be described as a wavelength.

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