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TheMarthKoopa 10/28/18 2:01:19 AM #1:	Multiplying and dividing by 1 does the same thing so multiplying and dividing by zero should just both be zero Why can't mathematicians figure that out? <cite>TheMarthKoopa posted [p:911304472] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>Multiplying and dividing by 1 does the same thing so multiplying and dividing by zero should just both be zero Why can't mathematicians figure that out?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Menardii 10/28/18 2:01:44 AM #2:	Because loli exists. <cite>Menardii posted [p:911304487] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>Because loli exists.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheMarthKoopa 10/28/18 2:02:48 AM #3:	Menardii posted... Because loli exists. If I have 10 lolis and divide them into zero groups I end up with zero lolis easy math <cite>TheMarthKoopa posted [p:911304524] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote><cite>Menardii posted...</cite> <quote>Because loli exists.</quote> If I have 10 lolis and divide them into zero groups I end up with zero lolis easy math</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Menardii 10/28/18 2:03:35 AM #4:	TheMarthKoopa posted... Menardii posted... Because loli exists. If I have 10 lolis and divide them into zero groups I end up with zero lolis easy math You can't put something into groups of 0. <cite>Menardii posted [p:911304549] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote><cite>TheMarthKoopa posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Menardii posted...</cite> <quote>Because loli exists.</quote> If I have 10 lolis and divide them into zero groups I end up with zero lolis easy math</quote> You can't put something into groups of 0.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheMarthKoopa 10/28/18 2:04:13 AM #5:	Menardii posted... You can't put something into groups of 0. Pretty sure you can. No groups = nothing = 0 <cite>TheMarthKoopa posted [p:911304572] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote><cite>Menardii posted...</cite> <quote>You can't put something into groups of 0.</quote> Pretty sure you can. No groups = nothing = 0</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ProfessorKukui 10/28/18 2:04:31 AM #6:	With science you can! <cite>ProfessorKukui posted [p:911304577] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>With science you can!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Damn_Underscore 10/28/18 2:04:32 AM #7:	The only way this would work is if it was 0/0 Even then 0 goes into 0 0 times, 5 times. 1 million times, etc. so there's still no answer --- Shenmue II = best game of all time Shenmue = 2nd best game of all time <cite>Damn_Underscore posted [p:911304580] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>The only way this would work is if it was 0/0 Even then 0 goes into 0 0 times, 5 times. 1 million times, etc. so there's still no answer</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
biberals 10/28/18 2:06:50 AM #8:	Because 0/0 would equal 1/0 and and 0 would equal 1 or any other number --- Anyone in the know, knows that it was biberal, Fo Rizzle, and all about biberal. Cause only biberal could keep it so real <cite>biberals posted [p:911304654] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>Because 0/0 would equal 1/0 and and 0 would equal 1 or any other number</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tupacrulez 10/28/18 2:07:07 AM #9:	It's because you cannot divide something into nothing. There has to be something. If you multiply something by nothing, you have nothing. If you divide something into nothing, that makes no sense. --- Suck less, Rock Moar Have I licked butt hole before? All the time. --r4xor <cite>Tupacrulez posted [p:911304662] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>It's because you cannot divide something into nothing. There has to be something. If you multiply something by nothing, you have nothing. If you divide something into nothing, that makes no sense.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheMarthKoopa 10/28/18 2:09:56 AM #10:	Tupacrulez posted... It's because you cannot divide something into nothing Maybe you aren't trying hard enough If you divide something into nothing, that makes no sense. If you divide something into nothing, you get nothing. Perfect sense <cite>TheMarthKoopa posted [p:911304757] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote><cite>Tupacrulez posted...</cite> <quote>It's because you cannot divide something into nothing</quote> Maybe you aren't trying hard enough <quote>If you divide something into nothing, that makes no sense.</quote> If you divide something into nothing, you get nothing. Perfect sense</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Rikiaz 10/28/18 2:12:09 AM #11:	TheMarthKoopa posted... Tupacrulez posted... It's because you cannot divide something into nothing Maybe you aren't trying hard enough If you divide something into nothing, that makes no sense. If you divide something into nothing, you get nothing. Perfect sense But then something and nothing are the same thing and suddenly nothing is now everything and the universe breaks. --- From the depths, the thing they called Worm King did rise. Nirn itself did scream in the Mages' and Necromancers' war. <cite>Rikiaz posted [p:911304848] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote><cite>TheMarthKoopa posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Tupacrulez posted...</cite> <quote>It's because you cannot divide something into nothing</quote> Maybe you aren't trying hard enough <quote>If you divide something into nothing, that makes no sense.</quote> If you divide something into nothing, you get nothing. Perfect sense</quote> But then something and nothing are the same thing and suddenly nothing is now everything and the universe breaks.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Eevee-Trainer 10/28/18 2:40:37 AM #12:	TheMarthKoopa posted... Multiplying and dividing by 1 does the same thing so multiplying and dividing by zero should just both be zero Why can't mathematicians figure that out? They did; it leads to contradictions. Thus, even though it does inconvenience us, we have to live with the fact that we simply cannot divide by zero* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f3-dQUrBKc" data-time=" * - There are senses in which you can sort of divide by zero, but in those contexts it's not strictly division by zero. --- See me on Discord! ^.^ Eevee's Mystery Dungeon: https://discord.gg/qavbtaQ <cite>Eevee-Trainer posted [p:911305654] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote><cite>TheMarthKoopa posted...</cite> <quote>Multiplying and dividing by 1 does the same thing so multiplying and dividing by zero should just both be zero Why can't mathematicians figure that out?</quote> They did; it leads to contradictions. Thus, even though it does inconvenience us, we have to live with the fact that we simply cannot divide by zero* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f3-dQUrBKc" data-time=" * - There are senses in which you can sort of divide by zero, but in those contexts it's not strictly division by zero.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
lesidesi 10/28/18 3:00:28 AM #13:	x=y x^2=xy x^2-y^2=xy-y^2 (x-y)(x+y)=y(x-y) [(x-y)(x+y)]/(x-y)=[y(x-y)]/(x-y) x+y=y y+y=y 2y=y 2=1 --- If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers. <cite>lesidesi posted [p:911306212] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>x=y x^2=xy x^2-y^2=xy-y^2 (x-y)(x+y)=y(x-y) [(x-y)(x+y)]/(x-y)=[y(x-y)]/(x-y) x+y=y y+y=y 2y=y 2=1</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
josifrees 10/28/18 3:03:52 AM #14:	Oh no my puny logic cannot accept contradiction --- Quit Crying <cite>josifrees posted [p:911306297] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>Oh no my puny logic cannot accept contradiction</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WaterLink 10/28/18 3:14:02 AM #15:	lesidesi posted... x=y x^2=xy x^2-y^2=xy-y^2 (x-y)(x+y)=y(x-y) [(x-y)(x+y)]/(x-y)=[y(x-y)]/(x-y) x+y=y y+y=y 2y=y 2=1 Boom. --- https://i.imgtc.com/3qqvvSR.png <cite>WaterLink posted [p:911306546] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote><cite>lesidesi posted...</cite> <quote>x=y x^2=xy x^2-y^2=xy-y^2 (x-y)(x+y)=y(x-y) [(x-y)(x+y)]/(x-y)=[y(x-y)]/(x-y) x+y=y y+y=y 2y=y 2=1</quote> Boom.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Rika_Furude 10/28/18 3:15:44 AM #16:	0 goes into any number infinty times Infinity is not a real number --- Posted with GameRaven 3.5.1 <cite>Rika_Furude posted [p:911306589] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>0 goes into any number infinty times Infinity is not a real number</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
VectorChaos 10/28/18 3:18:48 AM #17:	Is that you Terrance Howard --- "Donald Trump has the most presidential penis of all time" - DifferentialEquation <cite>VectorChaos posted [p:911306672] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>Is that you Terrance Howard</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ImTheMacheteGuy 10/28/18 3:23:26 AM #18:	TheMarthKoopa posted... Menardii posted... You can't put something into groups of 0. Pretty sure you can. No groups = nothing = 0 What did those poor innocent lolis do to deserve being put into groups of zero? --- Place-holder sig because new phone and old sigs not saved :/ <cite>ImTheMacheteGuy posted [p:911306790] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote><cite>TheMarthKoopa posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Menardii posted...</cite> <quote>You can't put something into groups of 0.</quote> Pretty sure you can. No groups = nothing = 0</quote> What did those poor innocent lolis do to deserve being put into groups of zero?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
inloveanddeath0 10/28/18 3:28:18 AM #19:	Why do pointless arguments not just end? --- http://www.last.fm/user/PolarPolaroids <cite>inloveanddeath0 posted [p:911306915] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>Why do pointless arguments not just end?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MabusIncarnate 10/28/18 3:47:56 AM #20:	You have three Lolis Take away nothing. Divide them by nothing. How many do you have? Still three because nothing is nothing. --- Ten million dollars on a losing campaign Twenty million starving and writhing in pain <cite>MabusIncarnate posted [p:911307383] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>You have three Lolis Take away nothing. Divide them by nothing. How many do you have? Still three because nothing is nothing.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Eevee-Trainer 10/28/18 4:01:38 AM #21:	Rika_Furude posted... 0 goes into any number infinty times Infinity is not a real number To be fair, that implies the assumption that 0 times infinity is infinity. Mathematically, zero times infinity is actually an indeterminant form, i.e. it's ambiguous. --- See me on Discord! ^.^ Eevee's Mystery Dungeon: https://discord.gg/qavbtaQ <cite>Eevee-Trainer posted [p:911307688] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote><cite>Rika_Furude posted...</cite> <quote>0 goes into any number infinty times Infinity is not a real number</quote> To be fair, that implies the assumption that 0 times infinity is infinity. Mathematically, zero times infinity is actually an indeterminant form, i.e. it's ambiguous.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Distant_Rainbow 10/28/18 4:06:26 AM #22:	Shut up, Marth. Leave math to people who actually have the brain cells to comprehend it, and go back to slobbering over anime girls, which is the only thing you're good at. --- Link meets Fire Emblem in CYOA: Tales of Elibe! Come read, and find out what happens! Click below! https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/468480-fire-emblem/76125431 <cite>Distant_Rainbow posted [p:911307798] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>Shut up, Marth. Leave math to people who actually have the brain cells to comprehend it, and go back to slobbering over anime girls, which is the only thing you're good at.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ProfessorKukui 10/28/18 4:14:50 AM #23:	Someone ate shit for breakfast. <cite>ProfessorKukui posted [p:911307998] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>Someone ate shit for breakfast.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darkrobotisback 10/28/18 4:28:58 AM #24:	Stealth weeaboo thread? ( ) --- https://imgtc.com/0M35lPf <cite>Darkrobotisback posted [p:911308333] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>Stealth weeaboo thread? ( )</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheMarthKoopa 10/28/18 11:53:58 AM #25:	Rika_Furude posted... 0 goes into any number infinty times 0 can't go into anything because it's nothing <cite>TheMarthKoopa posted [p:911319680] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote><cite>Rika_Furude posted...</cite> <quote>0 goes into any number infinty times</quote> 0 can't go into anything because it's nothing</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Medussa 10/28/18 12:07:46 PM #26:	TheMarthKoopa posted... Multiplying and dividing by 1 does the same thing so multiplying and dividing by zero should just both be zero Why can't mathematicians figure that out? this cannot be a real thought. --- Boom! That's right, this is all happening! You cannot change the channel now! Act now! Venchmen are standing by for your orders! <cite>Medussa posted [p:911320270] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote><cite>TheMarthKoopa posted...</cite> <quote>Multiplying and dividing by 1 does the same thing so multiplying and dividing by zero should just both be zero Why can't mathematicians figure that out?</quote> this cannot be a real thought.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Flockaveli 10/28/18 12:21:58 PM #27:	Its the same as saying I have ten apples, Im going to split these up evenly among a group of. ...a group of what? 2, 3, 4, 5 people? A group of. Youre ending the statement before you even mention a value. Zero has no value. Its an incomplete sentence. --- Chicago, greatest city in the world! <cite>Flockaveli posted [p:911320905] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>Its the same as saying I have ten apples, Im going to split these up evenly among a group of. ...a group of what? 2, 3, 4, 5 people? A group of. Youre ending the statement before you even mention a value. Zero has no value. Its an incomplete sentence.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ThyCorndog 10/28/18 12:24:06 PM #28:	lesidesi posted... x=y x^2=xy x^2-y^2=xy-y^2 (x-y)(x+y)=y(x-y) [(x-y)(x+y)]/(x-y)=[y(x-y)]/(x-y) x+y=y y+y=y 2y=y 2=1 so 0.999... repeating = 2 --- Hey what's going on in this thread https://imgur.com/6fpKRW8 https://imgur.com/RNZi0gk <cite>ThyCorndog posted [p:911321028] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote><cite>lesidesi posted...</cite> <quote>x=y x^2=xy x^2-y^2=xy-y^2 (x-y)(x+y)=y(x-y) [(x-y)(x+y)]/(x-y)=[y(x-y)]/(x-y) x+y=y y+y=y 2y=y 2=1</quote> so 0.999... repeating = 2</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
josifrees 10/28/18 12:27:12 PM #29:	lesidesi posted... x=y x^2=xy x^2-y^2=xy-y^2 (x-y)(x+y)=y(x-y) [(x-y)(x+y)]/(x-y)=[y(x-y)]/(x-y) x+y=y y+y=y 2y=y 2=1 Show your work F- --- Quit Crying <cite>josifrees posted [p:911321182] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote><cite>lesidesi posted...</cite> <quote>x=y x^2=xy x^2-y^2=xy-y^2 (x-y)(x+y)=y(x-y) [(x-y)(x+y)]/(x-y)=[y(x-y)]/(x-y) x+y=y y+y=y 2y=y 2=1</quote> Show your work F-</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Spidey5 10/28/18 12:28:20 PM #30:	All math problems are now about the number of lolis. What is the square root of 144 lolis? --- https://imgur.com/wfUGrp5 https://imgur.com/Sus70Yp https://imgur.com/3Alq6H7 https://imgur.com/cjVX1u8 <cite>Spidey5 posted [p:911321250] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>All math problems are now about the number of lolis. What is the square root of 144 lolis?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
scar the 1 10/28/18 12:30:57 PM #31:	lesidesi posted... x=y x^2=xy x^2-y^2=xy-y^2 (x-y)(x+y)=y(x-y) [(x-y)(x+y)]/(x-y)=[y(x-y)]/(x-y) x+y=y y+y=y 2y=y 2=1 That's not allowed. You broke the math ToU --- Everything has an end, except for the sausage. It has two. <cite>scar the 1 posted [p:911321382] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote><cite>lesidesi posted...</cite> <quote>x=y x^2=xy x^2-y^2=xy-y^2 (x-y)(x+y)=y(x-y) [(x-y)(x+y)]/(x-y)=[y(x-y)]/(x-y) x+y=y y+y=y 2y=y 2=1</quote> That's not allowed. You broke the math ToU</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MutantJohn 10/28/18 12:32:30 PM #32:	a/x = b implies that a = b * x which breaks down when x is 0 --- "Oh, my mother; oh, my friends, ask the angels, will I ever see heaven again?" - Laura Marling <cite>MutantJohn posted [p:911321472] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>a/x = b implies that a = b * x which breaks down when x is 0</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Metua 10/28/18 12:38:09 PM #33:	I had four biscuits, and I ate one. Then I only had three! --- https://imgur.com/yKMR7 https://imgur.com/Xd4gmmR <cite>Metua posted [p:911321777] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>I had four biscuits, and I ate one. Then I only had three!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Skye Reynolds 10/28/18 12:40:50 PM #34:	<cite>Skye Reynolds posted [p:911321914] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Vermander 10/28/18 12:50:58 PM #35:	scar the 1 posted... lesidesi posted... x=y x^2=xy x^2-y^2=xy-y^2 (x-y)(x+y)=y(x-y) [(x-y)(x+y)]/(x-y)=[y(x-y)]/(x-y) x+y=y y+y=y 2y=y 2=1 That's not allowed. You broke the math ToU Yeah. How did you jump to y+y=y? --- Remember kids, Jesus died for your sins. So if you don't sin, Jesus died for nothing. <cite>Vermander posted [p:911322446] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote><cite>scar the 1 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>lesidesi posted...</cite> <quote>x=y x^2=xy x^2-y^2=xy-y^2 (x-y)(x+y)=y(x-y) [(x-y)(x+y)]/(x-y)=[y(x-y)]/(x-y) x+y=y y+y=y 2y=y 2=1</quote> That's not allowed. You broke the math ToU</quote> Yeah. How did you jump to y+y=y?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DevsBro 10/28/18 12:53:20 PM #36:	Is it really that hard to do one line of algebra? 0/0 = x 0 = 0 * x Notice how x can be anything? TheMarthKoopa posted... nothing = 0 No, this is really not true at all. --- 53 LIII 0b110101 p16 0x35 <cite>DevsBro posted [p:911322565] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>Is it really that hard to do one line of algebra? 0/0 = x 0 = 0 * x Notice how x can be anything? <cite>TheMarthKoopa posted...</cite> <quote>nothing = 0</quote> No, this is really not true at all.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Slayerblade11 10/28/18 12:57:03 PM #37:	If we have 1/0 what can you multiply the denominator (0) by to get 1? <cite>Slayerblade11 posted [p:911322741] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>If we have 1/0 what can you multiply the denominator (0) by to get 1?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
lesidesi 10/28/18 12:58:10 PM #38:	Vermander posted... scar the 1 posted... lesidesi posted... x=y x^2=xy x^2-y^2=xy-y^2 (x-y)(x+y)=y(x-y) [(x-y)(x+y)]/(x-y)=[y(x-y)]/(x-y) x+y=y y+y=y 2y=y 2=1 That's not allowed. You broke the math ToU Yeah. How did you jump to y+y=y? look at the very first line --- If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers. <cite>lesidesi posted [p:911322798] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote><cite>Vermander posted...</cite> <quote><cite>scar the 1 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>lesidesi posted...</cite> <quote>x=y x^2=xy x^2-y^2=xy-y^2 (x-y)(x+y)=y(x-y) [(x-y)(x+y)]/(x-y)=[y(x-y)]/(x-y) x+y=y y+y=y 2y=y 2=1</quote> That's not allowed. You broke the math ToU</quote> Yeah. How did you jump to y+y=y?</quote> look at the very first line</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mist_Turnips 10/28/18 12:58:39 PM #39:	Slayerblade11 posted... If we have 1/0 what can you multiply the denominator (0) by to get 1? Hope --- Posted with GameRaven 3.5.1 <cite>Mist_Turnips posted [p:911322821] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote><cite>Slayerblade11 posted...</cite> <quote>If we have 1/0 what can you multiply the denominator (0) by to get 1?</quote> Hope</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anteaterking 10/28/18 1:03:35 PM #40:	You can define division by 0. You just lose some of the other properties you'd like. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_theory --- http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/Anteaterking/scan00021.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/Anteaterking/scan00021.jpg <cite>Anteaterking posted [p:911323071] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>You can define division by 0. You just lose some of the other properties you'd like. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_theory</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WaterLink 10/28/18 1:12:11 PM #41:	Vermander posted... scar the 1 posted... lesidesi posted... x=y x^2=xy x^2-y^2=xy-y^2 (x-y)(x+y)=y(x-y) [(x-y)(x+y)]/(x-y)=[y(x-y)]/(x-y) x+y=y y+y=y 2y=y 2=1 That's not allowed. You broke the math ToU Yeah. How did you jump to y+y=y? x=y so for any x or any y you can sub in x or y and it holds true. But most importantly, x-y=0. You notice what we divide by in step 5 btw? --- https://i.imgtc.com/3qqvvSR.png <cite>WaterLink posted [p:911323478] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote><cite>Vermander posted...</cite> <quote><cite>scar the 1 posted...</cite> <quote> <cite>lesidesi posted...</cite> <quote> x=y x^2=xy x^2-y^2=xy-y^2 (x-y)(x+y)=y(x-y) [(x-y)(x+y)]/(x-y)=[y(x-y)]/(x-y) x+y=y y+y=y 2y=y 2=1 </quote> That's not allowed. You broke the math ToU</quote> Yeah. How did you jump to y+y=y?</quote> x=y so for any x or any y you can sub in x or y and it holds true. But most importantly, x-y=0. You notice what we divide by in step 5 btw?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solid Snake07 10/28/18 1:14:50 PM #42:	Because nothing doesn't go into something zero times --- "People incapable of guilt usually do have a good time" -Detective Rust Cohle <cite>Solid Snake07 posted [p:911323619] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>Because nothing doesn't go into something zero times</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Space_Man 10/28/18 1:16:18 PM #43:	TheMarthKoopa posted... Multiplying and dividing by 1 does the same thing so multiplying and dividing by zero should just both be zero Why can't mathematicians figure that out? I always thought it tied into the whole matter can neither be created out nothing or destroyed into nothing --- There sure are a lot of different mes just like you have a lot of different yous! I'm going outside to play now I hope all the different yous have fun too. Bye! <cite>Space_Man posted [p:911323693] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote><cite>TheMarthKoopa posted...</cite> <quote>Multiplying and dividing by 1 does the same thing so multiplying and dividing by zero should just both be zero Why can't mathematicians figure that out?</quote> I always thought it tied into the whole matter can neither be created out nothing or destroyed into nothing</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
thronedfire2 10/28/18 1:26:34 PM #44:	I'm pretty sure this line [(x-y)(x+y)]/(x-y)=[y(x-y)]/(x-y) is just gibberish whoever wrote this hoped people would ignore when they saw how much simpler the next line is --- I could see you, but I couldn't hear you You were holding your hat in the breeze Turning away from me In this moment you were stolen... <cite>thronedfire2 posted [p:911324183] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>I'm pretty sure this line [(x-y)(x+y)]/(x-y)=[y(x-y)]/(x-y) is just gibberish whoever wrote this hoped people would ignore when they saw how much simpler the next line is</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anteaterking 10/28/18 1:33:11 PM #45:	thronedfire2 posted... I'm pretty sure this line [(x-y)(x+y)]/(x-y)=[y(x-y)]/(x-y) is just gibberish whoever wrote this hoped people would ignore when they saw how much simpler the next line is No, that line is right. --- http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/Anteaterking/scan00021.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/Anteaterking/scan00021.jpg <cite>Anteaterking posted [p:911324524] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote><cite>thronedfire2 posted...</cite> <quote>I'm pretty sure this line [(x-y)(x+y)]/(x-y)=[y(x-y)]/(x-y) is just gibberish whoever wrote this hoped people would ignore when they saw how much simpler the next line is</quote> No, that line is right.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Touch 10/28/18 1:38:46 PM #46:	How do we divide by numbers if numbers aren't real --- https://imgur.com/Sy3Fd8J <cite>Touch posted [p:911324788] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>How do we divide by numbers if numbers aren't real</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
scar the 1 10/28/18 1:40:33 PM #47:	Anteaterking posted... thronedfire2 posted... I'm pretty sure this line [(x-y)(x+y)]/(x-y)=[y(x-y)]/(x-y) is just gibberish whoever wrote this hoped people would ignore when they saw how much simpler the next line is No, that line is right. No it's not, it's forbidden EDIT: If you're really curious, try doing it with numbers --- Everything has an end, except for the sausage. It has two. <cite>scar the 1 posted [p:911324862] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote><cite>Anteaterking posted...</cite> <quote><cite>thronedfire2 posted...</cite> <quote>I'm pretty sure this line [(x-y)(x+y)]/(x-y)=[y(x-y)]/(x-y) is just gibberish whoever wrote this hoped people would ignore when they saw how much simpler the next line is</quote> No, that line is right.</quote> No it's not, it's forbidden EDIT: If you're really curious, try doing it with numbers</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WaterLink 10/28/18 1:43:32 PM #48:	scar the 1 posted... Anteaterking posted... thronedfire2 posted... I'm pretty sure this line [(x-y)(x+y)]/(x-y)=[y(x-y)]/(x-y) is just gibberish whoever wrote this hoped people would ignore when they saw how much simpler the next line is No, that line is right. No it's not, it's forbidden EDIT: If you're really curious, try doing it with numbers Yeah that's sort of the point he was trying to illustrate of why dividing by zero doesnt work. --- https://i.imgtc.com/3qqvvSR.png <cite>WaterLink posted [p:911325022] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote><cite>scar the 1 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Anteaterking posted...</cite> <quote> <cite>thronedfire2 posted...</cite> <quote> I'm pretty sure this line [(x-y)(x+y)]/(x-y)=[y(x-y)]/(x-y) is just gibberish whoever wrote this hoped people would ignore when they saw how much simpler the next line is </quote> No, that line is right.</quote> No it's not, it's forbidden EDIT: If you're really curious, try doing it with numbers</quote> Yeah that's sort of the point he was trying to illustrate of why dividing by zero doesnt work.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
darkmaian23 10/28/18 1:46:02 PM #49:	To see why division by zero is impossible, take a division problem and investigate what happens as the divisor is made smaller and smaller. 10/10 = 1 10/5 = 2 10/1 = 10 10/0.2 = 50 10/0.04 = 250 10/0.008 = 1250 As you can see, the smaller the divisor the larger the quotient. If you take it to the extreme and divide by the smallest possible number you will get an infinitely large number. Thus division by zero is impossible. <cite>darkmaian23 posted [p:911325162] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote>To see why division by zero is impossible, take a division problem and investigate what happens as the divisor is made smaller and smaller. 10/10 = 1 10/5 = 2 10/1 = 10 10/0.2 = 50 10/0.04 = 250 10/0.008 = 1250 As you can see, the smaller the divisor the larger the quotient. If you take it to the extreme and divide by the smallest possible number you will get an infinitely large number. Thus division by zero is impossible.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anteaterking 10/28/18 1:46:28 PM #50:	scar the 1 posted... No it's not, it's forbidden EDIT: If you're really curious, try doing it with numbers The symbolic manipulation is all correct. I obviously understand that the dividing by 0 part is wrong. The person I'm quoting thinks that something fishy is going on because the next line "looks much simpler than the previous one". --- http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/Anteaterking/scan00021.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/Anteaterking/scan00021.jpg <cite>Anteaterking posted [p:911325186] in Why is div... [t:77140420]...</cite> <quote><cite>scar the 1 posted...</cite> <quote> No it's not, it's forbidden EDIT: If you're really curious, try doing it with numbers</quote> The symbolic manipulation is all correct. I obviously understand that the dividing by 0 part is wrong. The person I'm quoting thinks that something fishy is going on because the next line "looks much simpler than the previous one".</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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