so apparently 0 divided by 0 is just undefined. I don't understand at all why, seeing that its pretty much just everything. My opinion is that 0 divided by 0 is actually any number, that there is no wrong answer, only correct ones. But I'm not a professional, so somebody help me with this.
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Top NewestYes, basically if 1 divided by 0 = ∞,
then ∞ x 0 = 1
then, (∞ x 0) + (∞ x 0) = 2
but (∞ x 0) + (∞ x 0) = 2 and
(∞ x 0) + (∞ x 0) = (∞ + ∞) + (0 + 0) = 2
literally meaning 1 =2 which is impossible
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I see
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Ok
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undefined is literally not defined, which means we don't know. Division by Zero is undefined as of now. This is because it leads to crazy stuff like this -
00=00×1⇒0×1=01⇒01=0⟹1=0 which isn’t true.....
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definitely some kind of science behind this, @Percy Jackson
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hmm
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@Odin Wang
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I usually define it as "infinity" for reasons similar to what you've laid down, but it's considered just "undefined" in math as a whole I think. Could be wrong, I'm only studying.
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🤔, same here, but undefined literally means the same thing as “there is no answer”, IMO. So anything that’s not zero divided by zero would be undefined, but 0 divided by zero has answers, but just like some graphing equations, has infinite answers.
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actually more like one answer: 0
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