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- Demiurge42Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Division by zero is undefined. You can't divide by zero. If you get 0/0 when trying to figure out a limit, then this is called an indeterminate form.
- skeptikLv 71 decade ago
It is mathematically undefined.
There are several ways you could look at it that seem to give some other answer, but the rules involved always include the exception that the numbers cannot be zero.
For instance:
x/x = 1 (for all non-zero values of x)
0/x = 0 (for all non-zero values of x)
x/0 = infinity (for all non-zero values of x)
Which leaves the last - 0/0 = undefined.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Actually, there are about three possible answers which you could argue:
1. 0 - because 0 divided by anything is 0
2. Undefined - because anything divided by 0 is undefined
3. 1 - because a number divided by itself is 1.
As I understand it, the second option takes precedence in this case. The third option isn't really viable, as it would not make sense philosophically to start with nothing, divide it by nothing and end up with something!
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- 1 decade ago
interesting because if you put it as a fraction
5/5=1
4/4=1
3/3=1
2/2=1
1/1=1
0/0=?
just thought i'd throw that into the mixer
however
0/5=0
0/4=0
0/3=0
0/2=0
0/1=0
0/0=?
also
5/0=infinity
4/0=infinity
3/0=infinity
2/0=infinity
1/0=infinity
0/0=?
so 3 main rules
x/x=1
0/x=0
x/0=infinity
- 1 decade ago
Although some might beleive it to be 1, the answer is actually Undefined. Any number real or imaginary divided by zero is undefined, its would be a straight vertical line on a graph and therefore hs no slope, so then the number diveded by zero doesent actually exist, its undefined
- Anonymous1 decade ago
0, (2 pts whoo hooo!)