Set Theory: Show A is finite or countably infinite

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Originally Posted by jsmith90210

I've been staring at this proof for several days now, and I have no idea where to even begin

Let A be a set of positive real numbers such that
Sigma: x <= 1
^any finite subset of A

Show A is finite or countably infinite

Any help is much appreciated

Consider the sets: $S_n=\{a\in A: a>1/n\}\subseteq A$ where $n \in \mathbb{N}$

$S_n$ is clearly finite, and $A=\bigcup_{n\in \mathbb{N}}S_n$ .

So what do we know about countable unions of finite sets?

CB