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Why x*0 = x
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RE: Why x*0 = x
December 20, 2015 at 7:36 am (This post was last modified: December 20, 2015 at 7:36 am by robvalue.)
Yes, exactly.

0*5 = (1 - 1) * 5 = 1*5 + (-1)*5 = 5 - 5 = 0

Or, in words, no piles of five is one less pile of five than one pile of five; so the result should be 5 less than one pile of five. I can't understand how pool is thinking that no piles of five works out at five.
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Why x*0 = x

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Why x*0 = x - by ErGingerbreadMandude - December 13, 2015 at 6:10 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Cyberman - December 13, 2015 at 6:41 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by LastPoet - December 13, 2015 at 6:41 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Alex K - December 13, 2015 at 7:03 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by houseofcantor - December 13, 2015 at 7:28 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by LastPoet - December 13, 2015 at 7:32 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Longhorn - December 13, 2015 at 7:40 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by brewer - December 13, 2015 at 8:39 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Tiberius - December 13, 2015 at 8:40 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 13, 2015 at 8:53 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Excited Penguin - December 13, 2015 at 9:12 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Longhorn - December 13, 2015 at 9:33 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Gambit - December 13, 2015 at 9:20 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Excited Penguin - December 13, 2015 at 9:27 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Cyberman - December 13, 2015 at 10:05 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Gambit - December 13, 2015 at 10:07 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Cyberman - December 13, 2015 at 11:15 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Excited Penguin - December 13, 2015 at 10:11 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Aractus - December 13, 2015 at 9:05 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Excited Penguin - December 13, 2015 at 9:13 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Alex K - December 13, 2015 at 9:36 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Aractus - December 13, 2015 at 9:53 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Longhorn - December 13, 2015 at 9:44 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Excited Penguin - December 13, 2015 at 9:50 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Longhorn - December 13, 2015 at 9:59 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Excited Penguin - December 13, 2015 at 10:09 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by LastPoet - December 13, 2015 at 10:29 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Longhorn - December 13, 2015 at 10:36 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by brewer - December 19, 2015 at 9:47 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Alex K - December 13, 2015 at 1:01 pm
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Cyberman - December 13, 2015 at 7:02 pm
RE: Why x*0 = x - by IATIA - December 13, 2015 at 1:18 pm
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Tiberius - December 13, 2015 at 4:56 pm
RE: Why x*0 = x - by IATIA - December 13, 2015 at 5:13 pm
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Alex K - December 13, 2015 at 2:59 pm
RE: Why x*0 = x - by IATIA - December 13, 2015 at 4:20 pm
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Alex K - December 13, 2015 at 4:40 pm
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Tiberius - December 13, 2015 at 4:48 pm
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Longhorn - December 13, 2015 at 2:59 pm
RE: Why x*0 = x - by IATIA - December 13, 2015 at 5:07 pm
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Alex K - December 13, 2015 at 5:12 pm
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Tiberius - December 13, 2015 at 6:06 pm
RE: Why x*0 = x - by IATIA - December 13, 2015 at 7:15 pm
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Tiberius - December 13, 2015 at 7:30 pm
RE: Why x*0 = x - by IATIA - December 13, 2015 at 7:51 pm
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Tiberius - December 13, 2015 at 8:01 pm
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Alex K - December 14, 2015 at 1:21 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Tiberius - December 14, 2015 at 1:36 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Edwardo Piet - December 14, 2015 at 1:44 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Alex K - December 14, 2015 at 2:09 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by ignoramus - December 14, 2015 at 2:57 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Edwardo Piet - December 14, 2015 at 7:04 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by LastPoet - December 14, 2015 at 9:03 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Alex K - December 14, 2015 at 9:54 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by ErGingerbreadMandude - December 19, 2015 at 8:13 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Tiberius - December 19, 2015 at 9:53 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Alex K - December 19, 2015 at 2:30 pm
RE: Why x*0 = x - by robvalue - December 19, 2015 at 9:15 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Tiberius - December 19, 2015 at 10:07 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by LastPoet - December 19, 2015 at 10:17 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by ErGingerbreadMandude - December 19, 2015 at 10:57 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by robvalue - December 19, 2015 at 11:09 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Tiberius - December 19, 2015 at 3:28 pm
RE: Why x*0 = x - by ErGingerbreadMandude - December 19, 2015 at 9:55 pm
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Tiberius - December 19, 2015 at 3:33 pm
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Edwardo Piet - December 19, 2015 at 4:09 pm
RE: Why x*0 = x - by robvalue - December 19, 2015 at 5:44 pm
RE: Why x*0 = x - by ErGingerbreadMandude - December 19, 2015 at 9:32 pm
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Tiberius - December 20, 2015 at 1:54 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by ErGingerbreadMandude - December 20, 2015 at 2:01 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by robvalue - December 20, 2015 at 6:37 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by Alex K - December 20, 2015 at 7:11 am
RE: Why x*0 = x - by robvalue - December 20, 2015 at 7:36 am



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