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Re: Division by Zero
Posted By: wintermute, on host 195.153.64.90
Date: Tuesday, July 3, 2001, at 08:32:16
In Reply To: Re: The EVIL Metric system taking away my HERITAGE posted by Matthew on Tuesday, July 3, 2001, at 08:23:31:

> > > How is it easier to divide by 0 than by 10?
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> > > Trav"someone had to ask"holt
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> > You always get the same result.
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> >
> > jul".. and I can't help answering"ian
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> Division by zero is undefined. There is no answer to get. I guess that does make it easier to answer "What is x divided by 0?", because you can just say "It's undefined" rather than thinking about it. What's even easier is to define it yourself. I hereby define x/0 to be 0 for all real x.
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> Matthew

Surely it would be more sensible to define x/0 to be infinity for all real cases of x.

winter"If it matters"mute

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