2007-10-11 08:42:55 · 10 answers · asked by Mr. Dog 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
That depends. you can look at limits of the derivative functions and see how quickly each approaches zero. If the numerator goes to zero twice as quickly as the denominator, you can actually get a real number as an answer (1/2). If they both go to zero equally quickly, the answer is indeterminate. You have to look at your limits. The answer could be anything depending on the functions involved.
2007-10-11 08:59:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Undefined. Anything divided by 0 is not defined. We can only define this using a limit. Limits are a very important concept in calculus. For example: say we have the function 1/x. If we plug in 0 for x its undefined, however if we take the limit as x approaches 0 the answer is infinity.
2007-10-11 08:53:54 · answer #2 · answered by beachgirl 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it doenst exist because as you can divide 0 by any number (and it does equal to 0) you cannot divide any number by zero because zero is not part of the domain of the function.
If you take the function a/x where "a" can be any number, the variable in this case is "x" and in this case you can only take values of "x" striclty greater then 0. you can take a number as small as 0.00000004 lets say but not zero. The only way you can evaluate this is if you take the limit of the function when x is close to zero and in that case it equals to infinity
2007-10-11 08:53:24 · answer #3 · answered by titi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is undefined because anything divided by 0 is undefined
The reason is related to the associated multiplication question. If
you divide 6 by 3 the answer is 2 because 2 times 3 IS 6. If you
divide 6 by zero, then you are asking the question, "What number times
zero gives 6?" The answer to that one, of course, is no number, for we
know that zero times any real number is zero not 6. So we say that
division by zero is undefined, for it is not consistent with division
by other numbers.
2007-10-11 08:51:36 · answer #4 · answered by Xero619 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Division by zero is undefined. So 0/0 is undefined
2007-10-11 08:47:06 · answer #5 · answered by Demiurge42 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
its undefined...because anything divided by 0 is undefined
2007-10-11 08:48:31 · answer #6 · answered by r-may 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its undefined, some people say it's infinity but that would only work if infinity=-infinity, so mathematically it's undefined.
2007-10-11 08:50:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is undefined.
2007-10-11 08:46:46 · answer #8 · answered by hmata3 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is indeterminate. Which means it can be anything.
2007-10-11 08:51:54 · answer #9 · answered by Jabberwock 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
unidentified
2007-10-11 08:45:47 · answer #10 · answered by ansaritaha007 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋