If we use calculus to replace 0 with a variable x that approaches 0 we can put it two different places, which kinda makes things worse. Lim x/x as x?0 is 1; until/unless x actually REACHES 0 it's always 1. Lim 0/x as x?0 is 0; again, until/unless x reaches 0 it always will be. Lim x/0 as x?0 is our old friend Mr. Undefined; until/unless x reaches 0 it can't be anything else and, as is hopefully becoming clear, things don't really improve then. If you want to get fancy and use the lim 1/x as x?? for 0 we get lim (1/x)/ (1/x) as x??, or 0/0=lim x/x as x??=1.
This is the way I first saw it explainer, and I think it makes the most sense to me.
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Math question
- 28/04/2011 09:40:34 AM
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Because 0 divided by anything is 0. So the answer is both 1 and 0. Therefore, undefined. *NM*
- 28/04/2011 10:08:44 AM
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Short answer: you can't divide by zero or infinity. Longer answer: you can if you use Calculus.
- 28/04/2011 10:28:18 AM
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The limit of 0/x would be zero
- 28/04/2011 01:55:03 PM
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For all the reasons stated.
- 28/04/2011 06:15:27 PM
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Re: For all the reasons stated.
- 09/05/2011 05:56:59 PM
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Glad to hear it; I don't often get accused of making sense these days. 
- 09/05/2011 09:50:33 PM
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- 09/05/2011 09:50:33 PM
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Divide By Cucumber Error. Please reinstall universe and reboot. *NM*
- 28/04/2011 08:11:22 PM
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