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2007-06-18 07:00:37 · 4 answers · asked by mdash2001 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
I'll see if I can simplify it even more. If you move 3 feet every time you jump, and jump multiple times (let's say 4 times), you would go 3 feet x 4 jumps, or 12 feet.
When you multiply by zero, it's like saying you jumped zero feet each time. No matter how many times you jump, if you come back down in the same place, you don't get anywhere. Likewise, if you can jump for miles at a time but jump zero times, you are still in the same spot.
2007-06-18 10:00:27 · answer #1 · answered by Now and Then Comes a Thought 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This just comes from a basic definition of multiplication. If I have an equation like 2 times 3, that just means I have two threes, or 3 +3 =6. If I have something like 3 times 5, I have three fives, or 5 + 5 +5 = 15. So then if I have 0 times 3, I have zero threes, or no threes at all, so I have nothing. You can substitute anything in for 3; if you have zero of ANYTHING, then you have nothing! So zero multiplied by anything gives you zero.
I hope that wasn't too confusing!
2007-06-18 14:06:53 · answer #2 · answered by lil e 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Think of it the other way around. Think of nothing multiplied by a number. For instance, if you have no money, you can multiply it 100s of times and still have 0.
2007-06-18 14:05:06 · answer #3 · answered by Joan H 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
cause nothing times something is nothing
2007-06-18 14:05:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋