RE: Let's settle this shit once and for all
August 10, 2017 at 12:03 pm
(This post was last modified: August 10, 2017 at 12:03 pm by SteelCurtain.)
pool, at best you have an argument for how we describe the action of cutting a cake in terms of numbers, but not the math itself.
Dividing by zero is undefined but the limit of 1/x as x approaches zero is infinity. This is why what you are describing is nonsensical. In reality, when we say we divide something x times, we would describe how many pieces we then have with 1/(x+1). So if we cut a cake 1 time, we would wind up with each piece being 1/(1+1) or 1/2 of the cake. If we cut a cake zero times, we would end up with each piece being 1/(0+1) or 1 cake.
Dividing something x times is not the same as dividing by x.
Dividing by zero is undefined but the limit of 1/x as x approaches zero is infinity. This is why what you are describing is nonsensical. In reality, when we say we divide something x times, we would describe how many pieces we then have with 1/(x+1). So if we cut a cake 1 time, we would wind up with each piece being 1/(1+1) or 1/2 of the cake. If we cut a cake zero times, we would end up with each piece being 1/(0+1) or 1 cake.
Dividing something x times is not the same as dividing by x.
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