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Re: When 0 divided by 0 isn't infinity... (was: Re: I lost an account...)
Posted:
Feb 6, 2004 8:48 AM
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In article <pan.2004.02.06.08.56.46.844892@dionic.net>,
Tim S <ts@dionic.net> writes:
> On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 19:12:58 -0500, David A. Seiver wrote:
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>> On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 19:01:13 -0500, "The Lord of the Rain\( Suresh
>> __NoJunkMail kumar\)" <sur_remove_kumdev_theunderscore_1@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
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>>>0 divided by 0 could be just about anything u want it to be.
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>> That 'Genius' was a Dummy. Zero divided by Zero is Zero.
>> One divided by Zero is Infinity (and Beyond!)
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> Where x is a real number,
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> For Any x: 0x = 0
> => 0/0 = x
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> QED
No, there's more...
1 = 0/0 = 2
and therefore 1 = 2, 3 = 5, 10 = 20, and so on, and THAT's why the
definition of "divide by" specifically excludes a divisor of zero.
--
Frederick
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