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please give the reasons why you agree with me?

2006-06-11 01:58:14 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

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no, they are undefined.

You can not divide by 0 because the inverse of 0 is not defined. 1/0 is not infinity, it is undefined. Here is a quick explanation if you believe that 0/0 is undefined:

1/0=(1+0)/0=1/0+0/0. since one of the terms in undefined, the sum 1/0+0/0=1/0 is undefined. This of course kinda hurts my head (the equality 1/0=1/0+0/0) because division by 0 is undefined and therefore I can not use simple rules to prove it (the equality is actually not true, because both side are undefined).

BUT, 1/x--->infinity as x---->0 from the right and 1/x----->-infinity as x---->0 from the left. Limits can be done in this case, because you are not dividing by zero, you are dividing by increasingly small non-zero numbers.

2006-06-11 02:49:21 · answer #1 · answered by Eulercrosser 4 · 0 0

x/0 is infinite... I can't explain it though... Urgh.

2006-06-11 02:06:42 · answer #2 · answered by Dom 2 · 0 0

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