Why isn't a number divided by zero, zero?

[Shawn]

?

 

[dartworth]

??

 

[SagaLore]

Why isn't a number divided by zero, the number?

 

[Juno]

0/0=undefined

:Q

 

[her209]

0/0 = 1

 

[Schadenfroh]

I alone know the way to discover the true answer to the divide by 0 question.


wait... isnt he a member here?

 

[her209]

Oh, you can't divide something by nothing.

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: her209
0/0 = 1

Wrong.

 

[WannaFly]

42/0 = 42

 

[CheesePoofs]

Because 0 doesn't go into a number 0 times. It just doesn't go in ... so the number of times it goes into the number cna't be defined

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: her209
Oh, you can't divide something by nothing.

Then why can you multiply something by nothing?

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: her209
Oh, you can't divide something by nothing.

Then why can you multiply something by nothing?

Because four groups of 0 is 0? Or 0 groups of 4 is 0? That's all multiplication is, groups.

 

[Zim Hosein]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divide_by_zero

 

[JohnCU]

Because, division is the inverse of multiplication.

if you say 1 / 0 = 1, that implies that 0 * 1 = 1, which is not true.

However, if you divide by zero, you get infinity. I don't know what these people are talking about.

i heart the direc delta function!

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: her209
Oh, you can't divide something by nothing.

Then why can you multiply something by nothing?

Lets say you have marbles grouped into twos. If you counted zero groups of marbles, you'd have zero marbles.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divide_by_zero

:Q

 

[shortylickens]

The real answer is infinity.
OR......
How many times can you take 0 away from any given number?

As many as you want!

 

[FoBoT]

i think i just lost my marbles

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: shortylickens
The real answer is infinity.
OR......
How many times can you take 0 away from any given number?

As many as you want!

Tell Texas Instruments that.

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: her209
Oh, you can't divide something by nothing.

Then why can you multiply something by nothing?

You can't.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: her209
Oh, you can't divide something by nothing.

Then why can you multiply something by nothing?

You can't.

My calculator says otherwise.

 

[her209]

How can you divide a number by a negative number?

 

[silverpig]

Think back to when you first learned division.

8/2 really means, if you have 8 apples and divide them into groups of 2, how many groups do you have?

8/0 means then, if you have 8 apples and divide them into groups of 0, how many groups do you have?

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: her209
How can you divide a number by a negative number?

Well, nothing negative really makes very much physical sense. I mean, -4 x 2 is a negative four groups of two? WTF??

 

[aphex]

i think texas instruments got it wrong.