What is 0/0 or "zero divided by zero"?
Date: Tue, 06/27/2006 - 03:49
I liked this question, I copied it from another site.
Ronald
I saw the same question in mortgagefit :shock: , I answered it
I saw the same question in mortgagefit :shock: , I answered it there.
Or could it be infinity - is this a trick question?
Or could it be infinity - is this a trick question?
Any number (except zero) divided by zero returns the result as z
Any number (except zero) divided by zero returns the result as zero. The catch is zero cannot be divided by any number.
you cannot divide by zero. The result is 'undefined', not zero.
you cannot divide by zero. The result is 'undefined', not zero. Zero, which is a real number, divided by zero is still undefined, not zero.
ditto on the "undefined". You can't divide by zero; there is no
ditto on the "undefined". You can't divide by zero; there is no result.
Zero can be a numerator (ie 0/6 or 0/24), and the answer will always be zero. But X/0 has no result.
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subsequently, and without using a calculator, do we know what any number to the 0th power is? (not 0 or invalid).
