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#26 2011-03-31 20:55:42
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Re: How to divide by zero: A guide.
fg123 wrote:
See, we should just say,
anything / 0 = 848835
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#27 2011-03-31 21:36:30
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Re: How to divide by zero: A guide.
Theoretically, it's not impossible. It's all real numbers. Think about this: 0/0? Well, 0*0=0, 0*1=0,0*2=5,0*3=0.... Also 0 * 32482382.54647 = 0. So theoretically it [i]is[/is] possible, but you can't just compute it. That's why, have you heard the human mind is the fastest computer? It can do something a calculator cannot!
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#28 2011-03-31 21:38:36
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Re: How to divide by zero: A guide.
lemonpretzel wrote:
Theoretically, it's not impossible. It's all real numbers. Think about this: 5/0? Well, 0*0=5, 0*1=5,0*2=5,0*3=5.... Also 0 * 32482382.54647 = 5. So theoretically it [i]is[/is] possible, but you can't just compute it. That's why, have you heard the human mind is the fastest computer? It can do something a calculator cannot!
Actually, only 0/0 is all real numbers. 0*1 and so on is not 5, it is 0, so only 0 works.
X/0 where X is not equal to 0 has no answer.
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#29 2011-03-31 21:41:08
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Re: How to divide by zero: A guide.
Kileymeister wrote:
lemonpretzel wrote:
Theoretically, it's not impossible. It's all real numbers. Think about this: 5/0? Well, 0*0=5, 0*1=5,0*2=5,0*3=5.... Also 0 * 32482382.54647 = 5. So theoretically it [i]is[/is] possible, but you can't just compute it. That's why, have you heard the human mind is the fastest computer? It can do something a calculator cannot!
Actually, only 0/0 is all real numbers. 0*1 and so on is not 5, it is 0, so only 0 works.
X/0 where X is not equal to 0 has no answer.
Oh, sorry. I got confused. So x/0 is infinity.
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#30 2011-03-31 21:42:07
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Re: How to divide by zero: A guide.
lemonpretzel wrote:
Kileymeister wrote:
lemonpretzel wrote:
Theoretically, it's not impossible. It's all real numbers. Think about this: 5/0? Well, 0*0=5, 0*1=5,0*2=5,0*3=5.... Also 0 * 32482382.54647 = 5. So theoretically it [i]is[/is] possible, but you can't just compute it. That's why, have you heard the human mind is the fastest computer? It can do something a calculator cannot!
Actually, only 0/0 is all real numbers. 0*1 and so on is not 5, it is 0, so only 0 works.
X/0 where X is not equal to 0 has no answer.Oh, sorry. I got confused. So x/0 is infinity.
Not quite. x/0 is not infinity as 0*infinity is still not x if x isn't 0.
It simply has no answer, there's nothing else to it.
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#31 2011-03-31 21:50:06
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Re: How to divide by zero: A guide.
Kileymeister wrote:
lemonpretzel wrote:
Kileymeister wrote:
Actually, only 0/0 is all real numbers. 0*1 and so on is not 5, it is 0, so only 0 works.
X/0 where X is not equal to 0 has no answer.Oh, sorry. I got confused. So x/0 is infinity.
Not quite. x/0 is not infinity as 0*infinity is still not x if x isn't 0.
It simply has no answer, there's nothing else to it.
Theoretically, it is infinity, because you multiply 0 infinite times and you never get x. That's why it's infinity ; you keep on doing it and you'll never get it.
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#32 2011-03-31 21:54:09
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Re: How to divide by zero: A guide.
0*0=5
0*1=5
0*2=5
0*3=5
0 * 32482382.54647=5
And all this time I thought the answer was zero.
Silly me and my 6th grade education.
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#33 2011-03-31 22:11:38
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Re: How to divide by zero: A guide.
soupoftomato wrote:
0*0=5
0*1=5
0*2=5
0*3=5
0 * 32482382.54647=5
And all this time I thought the answer was zero.
Silly me and my 6th grade education.
Sorry, I meant 0, not 5.
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#37 2011-03-31 22:23:25
Re: How to divide by zero: A guide.
Harakou wrote:
bbbeb wrote:
n/0 = infinity ^ infinity
thats what my math teacher saysWouldn't infinity ^ infinity just be... infinity? You can't have any amount greater than something infinite.
because you have to divide something by 0 infinite times to get a single division, so i forgot
it was this:
n/0 = infinity ^ n
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#38 2011-03-31 22:25:18
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Re: How to divide by zero: A guide.
TheSuccessor wrote:
My primary school teacher was convinced 6/0 = 6. That's why I only got 99% on a maths test.
Wait, what? What kind of education did (s)he get?
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#39 2011-04-01 01:08:44
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Re: How to divide by zero: A guide.
lemonpretzel wrote:
Kileymeister wrote:
lemonpretzel wrote:
Oh, sorry. I got confused. So x/0 is infinity.Not quite. x/0 is not infinity as 0*infinity is still not x if x isn't 0.
It simply has no answer, there's nothing else to it.Theoretically, it is infinity, because you multiply 0 infinite times and you never get x. That's why it's infinity ; you keep on doing it and you'll never get it.
No, because if you add to 0 infinity times, you still get 0, so it's undefined.
Another way to think about it is:
x/0 = n
is the same as
x = 0*n
0 times something is always 0, so there is no answer (unless x is 0).
but if x is 0, then n is every possible number at the same time, so it is still impossible.
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