# Do we always have an uncountable number of transcendental numbers between any two different real numbers? [closed]

If $a$ and $b$ are real numbers and $a<b$ is it true that there is an uncountable number of transcendental numbers between $a$ and $b$?

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Any (nonempty) interval $(a, b)$ is uncountable, and the union of two countable sets is countable. So all you need now is the fact that the set of algebraic numbers is countable. HINT: how many polynomials with rational coefficients are there? (If you want more details see this question.)