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Dividing by zero
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RE: Dividing by zero
September 6, 2014 at 9:28 pm
Is zero even really a number?
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RE: Dividing by zero
September 6, 2014 at 9:30 pm
It's not the absence of a number . . .


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RE: Dividing by zero
September 7, 2014 at 12:21 am
(August 10, 2013 at 10:43 am)Stimbo Wrote: Ow, my brain...
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#44
RE: Dividing by zero
September 7, 2014 at 1:46 am
(August 10, 2013 at 2:57 am)Tea Earl Grey Hot Wrote: I'm not a math wiz. Why is it you can multiply by zero and get zero but you can't divide by zero?

Why doesn't 1/0 equal 0 but 1*0 does? Is there a reason or is it arbitrary?

One minus one divided by one minus one.

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RE: Dividing by zero
September 7, 2014 at 1:53 am
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RE: Dividing by zero
September 7, 2014 at 12:13 pm (This post was last modified: September 7, 2014 at 12:18 pm by Alex K.)
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RE: Dividing by zero
September 7, 2014 at 12:42 pm
Alex K returns! Welcome back! :-)
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RE: Dividing by zero
September 7, 2014 at 3:10 pm
(September 7, 2014 at 12:42 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: Alex K returns! Welcome back! :-)

Thanks, I appreciate it. Personal matters kept me away for a while...

Hmmm, why do I suddenly crave a nice cohiba?
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RE: Dividing by zero
September 8, 2014 at 3:37 am (This post was last modified: September 8, 2014 at 3:38 am by robvalue.)
Here's a little trick I like to play on people, many of you have probably seen it before.

Given

a = b

Multiply both sides by a

a^2 = ab

Subtract b^2 from both sides

a^2 - b^2 = ab - b^2

Factorize both sides, LHS is difference of two squares.

(a+b)(a-b) = b(a-b)

Cancel out the (a-b) on both sides

(a+b) = b

But since a=b

b+b = b

2b = b

Cancel out the b on both sides

2 = 1
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RE: Dividing by zero
September 8, 2014 at 1:05 pm
(September 8, 2014 at 3:37 am)robvalue Wrote: Here's a little trick I like to play on people, many of you have probably seen it before.

Given

a = b

Multiply both sides by a

a^2 = ab

Subtract b^2 from both sides

a^2 - b^2 = ab - b^2

Factorize both sides, LHS is difference of two squares.

(a+b)(a-b) = b(a-b)

Cancel out the (a-b) on both sides

(a+b) = b

But since a=b

b+b = b

2b = b

Cancel out the b on both sides

2 = 1

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Han Solo: Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, and I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen *anything* to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything. 'Cause no mystical energy field controls *my* destiny. It's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense.
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