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This might be a naive question, but how can an object such as a black hole singularity have infinite density but finite mass? (For example, we can approximate the mass of a black hole based on Kepler's Laws and use info from surrounding movements of stars to determine the central mass, but the black hole, excluding the event horizon, has infinite density.)

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The simple way to think about it is the following limit: $$\rho = \lim_{V\to0}\frac{M}{V}$$

As $V\to0$, $\rho\to\infty$ while $M$ remains constant.

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