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Why can't we divide by 0? (The difference between 1/0 and 0/0)

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Eigenvector Wavefunction Aldo 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 🇵🇸1 year ago

The way I explain this is: a² – a² = (a + a)(a – a) and also a² – a² = a(a – a) ∴ (a + a)(a – a) = a(a – a) cancelling the common favor (a – a), we get: a + a = a ⇒ 2a = 1a ⇒ 1 = 2. So if we are allowed to divide by zero, we can get nonsense…

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M Moore1 year ago

Ummmmm...Howie really. You can't divide by zero because you're not Chuck Norris.

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Steven T Abell1 year ago

Please mention IEEE-754, which has Inf and NaN as operators. This has been inside most computers since the mid-90s. DragginMath has them, too, even thought it only does integer arithmetic.

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Carlos Barros1 year ago

Didn't know Pacquiao was so good at math

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A Real !Bot1 year ago

i can do it...

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Alex Cottonbud1 year ago

Thanks for this!!

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P1 year ago

Keep posting these.

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