Torsion subgroup of SO3 can not be dense

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I've been trying to attack this problem in many ways, but Couldn't figure out the right answer .

The question is, That a finitely generated subgroup of SO3 when all the elements are of finite order, can not be dense . This is a preceding question to proving that these subgroups are finite (so this statement is forbidden) .

It can be proven alternatively that this subgroup must be closed, but this is also a tough argument .

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The two questions also can be treated in a different order. We can first solve the second question. Indeed, all finitely generated torsion subgroups of $SO(3)$ are finite, see here:

Finitely generated torsion subgroup of $SO(3,\mathbb{R})$ is finite

Hence such subgroups cannot be dense.