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Irysa
post Jun 18 2006, 12:03 AM
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Is it 0? Is it 1? Is it an infite amount of answers? Is it X?

Don't ask me.


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post Jun 20 2006, 11:40 AM
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I have found the answer.

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What is the value of 0/0? (Is it really undefined or are there an infinite number of values?)

There's a special word for stuff like this, where you could conceivably give it any number of values. That word is "indeterminate." It's not the same as undefined. It essentially means that if it pops up somewhere, you don't know what its value will be in your case. For instance, if you have the limit as x->0 of x/x and of 7x/x, the expression will have a value of 1 in the first case and 7 in the second case. Indeterminate.

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Chaos Seraph   0/0 = ?   Jun 18 2006, 12:03 AM
Dr Sturm   I assume it would destroy the universe, as does ev...   Jun 18 2006, 12:16 AM
Nanashi   Basic algebra: A fraction is a/b where a=any numbe...   Jun 18 2006, 12:42 AM
Dr Sturm   Zero divided by any number equals zero, and any n...   Jun 18 2006, 01:06 AM
Nanashi   Then try dividing 0/0 in a calculator, you'll ...   Jun 18 2006, 01:24 AM
Dr Sturm   Because calculators have failsafes that, if zero i...   Jun 18 2006, 01:49 AM
Nanashi   Then sturm, go back to my earlier example and try ...   Jun 18 2006, 03:32 AM
Dr Sturm   Okay. And?   Jun 18 2006, 03:56 AM
Chaos Seraph   Suprisingly enough, that can work. .   Jun 18 2006, 04:21 AM
ChefMKT   [/quote] Sturm just summed it up right there prett...   Jun 18 2006, 05:17 AM
Raijinili   Fun answer: 0/0 = 0^0 Real answer: It's undef...   Jun 18 2006, 07:21 PM
fensti   0/0 = infinity Or, any number devided by 0 equals...   Jun 19 2006, 12:52 PM
Raijinili   ... and you want to be a math teacher? Try learni...   Jun 19 2006, 06:25 PM
fensti   A number is undefined as it approaches infinity. ...   Jun 19 2006, 08:00 PM
Raijinili   Wrong, wrong, wrong. A number is undefined if you...   Jun 19 2006, 11:42 PM
Nanashi   See, look at the chaos this has caused. Obviously,...   Jun 20 2006, 03:56 AM
Raijinili   That's still sad, fensti. Actually... But le...   Jun 20 2006, 07:09 PM

 

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