Through all of my education, I've always been told that I can't divide by zero, but my question is: can YOU?
Poll: Can YOU divide by zero?
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Two answers on that:
1) if you're serious:
Technically and Practically, impossible.
2) if you're kidding:
Yep, i can, it's just gives you the numeric value of "infinity".
Also, inb4:
1) if you're serious:
Technically and Practically, impossible.
2) if you're kidding:
Yep, i can, it's just gives you the numeric value of "infinity".
Also, inb4:
Last time I did that I destroyed the last planet I was living on. I won't make that mistake again.
As a former mentor on FIRST Robotics Competition team 229, I can definitively say, I can indeed Divide by Zero (The team nickname was Division by Zero)
Yeah, I'm kidding, I don't have math on the highest level in school for nothingRhanathShadowhand said:Two answers on that:
1) if you're serious:
Technically and Practically, impossible.
2) if you're kidding:
Yep, i can, it's just gives you the numeric value of "infinity".
Also, inb4:
They way I was taught division was that if I had four cakes and shared them out between four people, everyone would have one cake.
If I have four cakes and share it with no one, I have four cakes.
Simple, really.
If I have four cakes and share it with no one, I have four cakes.
Simple, really.
Nope. This particular problem doesn't have an answer.MegatonDesign said:
OT: well, no, but I can take the limit as x->0 /patheticsciencenerdwithnolife
Just as possible as dividing by one, nothing happens, practically speaking no division is done either way.
Yes, but it depends on the function given. If it's y=1/x, then you can't divide by zero because the limits coming from either side of the graph don't equal each other:
Lim
x-->0+ (1/x) = ∞
Lim
x-->0- (1/x) = -∞
However if you take y=1/(x^2), then you can take the limit because the limits are both the same. In this case dividing by zero will give you infinity. If you take calculus you'd understand this a bit better.
Lim
x-->0+ (1/(x^2)) = ∞
Lim
x-->0- (1/(x^2)) = ∞
Lim
x-->0+ (1/x) = ∞
Lim
x-->0- (1/x) = -∞
However if you take y=1/(x^2), then you can take the limit because the limits are both the same. In this case dividing by zero will give you infinity. If you take calculus you'd understand this a bit better.
Lim
x-->0+ (1/(x^2)) = ∞
Lim
x-->0- (1/(x^2)) = ∞
Ymbirtt said:
Haha, maybe. In economics, dividing by zero gets you infinity. They reason that the smaller the number (i.e. the more zeros after the decimal point) the closer to infinity you get. So, they take that one step to the left directly into the absurd by saying that you can just divide by zero and get infinity. And then they make economic models that rely on that... an operation that has no physical representation in reality.