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myLot reputation of 62/100. jinuxnet (555) 6 years ago

if 1 * 1 = 1
if 1 * 0 = 0
if 0 / 1 = 0
what will be the answer if 1 divided by 0 ( 1 / 0 ) and why?

 

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1. myLot reputation of 91/100. meeandnotyou (980)   6 years ago

According to the rules of math you cannot divide by 0 since zero is devoid of value. Thank you!


myLot reputation of 62/100. jinuxnet (555)  6 years ago

the answer is infinity.


myLot reputation of 91/100. meeandnotyou (980)  6 years ago

Please view the rules as set by mathmatics. You will see that you CANNOT divide anything by zero since simple mathmatics dictates 12 divided by 2 = 6 BECAUSE 6*2=12 So 12 divided by 0 = X but since 0* NOTHING can be 12 since anytime you multiply by 0 the answer is always 0 never 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, etc...
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kitokito (88)   ranked 2 out of 2 in subject  6 years ago

Infinity??Huh? Its a basic rule of numbers that dividing by zero is null==void==indeterminate..

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2. myLot reputation of 84/100. neo_apocalypse (251)   ranked 1 out of 2 in subject   6 years ago

Infinity is NOT the proper term to use for it. Instead, mathematics called it UNDEFINED. Infinity, whether positive or negative, has mathematical definition. But this equation has none.


myLot reputation of 91/100. monkeykingaround (634)  6 years ago

Agree. The answer is undefined. You cannot divide by zero.

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3. myLot reputation of 84/100. Mikaelo (115)   6 years ago

I think Infinity is a term more suited in the field of Science...while the term Undefined is best suited for Mathematics. (^_^)

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4. myLot reputation of 83/100. josephperera (2422)   5 years ago

The answer is a very large number and is infinite.

The number we divide 1 by is 0.

Lets divide 1 by different numebers and see what happens.

Divide by 4 and get .25
Divide by 2 and get .5
Divide by 1 and get 1
Divide by .5 and get 2
Divide by .25 and get 4
Divide by .2 and get 5
Divide by .1 and get 10
Divide by .000000001 and get 1,000,000,000

We note that the number underneath decreases the answer increases. So when the number underneath decreses to 0 the answer has to increse to infinity.

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5. myLot reputation of 75/100. sensesfail (1155)   5 years ago

Anything divided by 0 is infinite or indeterminate.
x/0 = infinite where x is anything.
This is the general rule in maths.So stick to it.
Better rate the answers if right.


myLot reputation of 62/100. jinuxnet (555)  5 years ago

Your correct.


myLot reputation of 95/100. sean1986 (448)  5 years ago

yes.
Undefined or indeterminate

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6. edmershey (23)   5 years ago

infinite... 0.00000000000000

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7. myLot reputation of 81/100. priya123s (298)   5 years ago

the aswer is infity as we canot have any perticular value for that the amnswer varies .......varies.... nad varies....

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