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Thermo
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Thermo asked in Science & MathematicsMathematics · 2 decades ago

12/4=3 because 3x4=12.?

0/0=5 because 5x0=0 How about that!?

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  • 2 decades ago
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    Any non-zero number divided by a limit approaching 0 WILL go to infinity: n/(lim->0) is inifinity so n/0 is infinity.

    But 0/0 is UNDEFINED.

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    this is not rite coz any digit divided by zero mean infinity

    any digit / 0 = infinity

    so 0/0 = 5 is wrong

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    IF this is a serious question, then you're looking at it from the wrong perspective. four three's equal twelve; three four's equal twelve; five zero's added together...still 0. Keep in mind, multiplication, and therefore its counterpart, division, are just simplified ways of doing addition.

  • 2 decades ago

    Chuck Norris can divide by zero.

    Anyway, don't bother trying to prove anything with zero, math people don't like contradiction.

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  • 2 decades ago

    any digit divided by zero is NOT infinity. It's undefined, which means it's not possible, You can't divide a number by Zero.

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    When you learn to understand algebra you will love it.

    Consider it as a game. You must know the rules to play it.

  • 2 decades ago

    hmm... y is 1+1=2 but 1*1=1? how about that?!

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