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RE: Dividing by zero
December 1, 2013 at 8:26 am
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I scrolled through 3 pages looking for good reply but didn't find any so I will do this myself.
You can't divide something by 0 because if you multiply anything by 0 you get 0.
So if you divide anything other then 0 by 0 there will be no solution because anything multiplied by 0 is 0.
And in case 0 divided by 0 any solution will suffice. That's why it's undefined.
For instance you can't multiply anything by 0 and get 4. That's why you can't divide 4 by 0.
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RE: Dividing by zero
December 1, 2013 at 5:48 pm
(December 1, 2013 at 8:26 am)feeling Wrote: I scrolled through 3 pages looking for good reply but didn't find any so I will do this myself.
You can't divide something by 0 because if you multiply anything by 0 you get 0.
So if you divide anything other then 0 by 0 there will be no solution because anything multiplied by 0 is 0.
And in case 0 divided by 0 any solution will suffice. That's why it's undefined.
For instance you can't multiply anything by 0 and get 4. That's why you can't divide 4 by 0.
You didn't read my post, apparently.
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RE: Dividing by zero
June 16, 2014 at 11:20 am
"Divide by zero" = "Divide by nothing"= "No Divide"
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RE: Dividing by zero
June 16, 2014 at 12:51 pm
Chuck Norris can divide by zero.
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RE: Dividing by zero
September 6, 2014 at 6:51 pm
The true reason, is that if you try to divide something by 0 it'll be infinite.
That's obvious from convergence, like
1/0.1 = 10
1/0.01=100
1/0.001 = 1000
so
1/0 = infinity.
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RE: Dividing by zero
September 6, 2014 at 6:54 pm
The limit of your sequence is infinity, but division by zero is still undefined and unanswerable.
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RE: Dividing by zero
September 6, 2014 at 9:20 pm
(September 6, 2014 at 6:51 pm)Madness20 Wrote: The true reason, is that if you try to divide something by 0 it'll be infinite.
That's obvious from convergence, like
1/0.1 = 10
1/0.01=100
1/0.001 = 1000
so
1/0 = infinity.
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