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Short answer: you can't divide by zero or infinity. Longer answer: you can if you use Calculus. Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 28/04/2011 10:28:18 AM
It's been a long time (three whole years! ) since I did calc, so I'm not much help here. But you can rest easy in the knowledge that the limit of f( x ) = x/? and f( x ) = 0/x as x approaches zero is indeed zero.

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Math question - 28/04/2011 09:40:34 AM 608 Views
Both are undefined. - 28/04/2011 10:04:55 AM 449 Views
Because 0 divided by anything is 0. So the answer is both 1 and 0. Therefore, undefined. *NM* - 28/04/2011 10:08:44 AM 179 Views
This isn't really true. 0/x=0 when x!=0. - 28/04/2011 10:22:04 AM 428 Views
Yeah, I levelled down a bit on purpose. *NM* - 28/04/2011 10:36:47 AM 172 Views
Short answer: you can't divide by zero or infinity. Longer answer: you can if you use Calculus. - 28/04/2011 10:28:18 AM 419 Views
The limit of 0/x would be zero - 28/04/2011 01:55:03 PM 414 Views
I'm going to go with you on this one. *NM* - 28/04/2011 07:37:44 PM 175 Views
Oh, limits. - 28/04/2011 08:05:11 PM 450 Views
Re: Math question - 28/04/2011 02:21:04 PM 454 Views
Yes, late night math is not a good idea. - 28/04/2011 08:14:48 PM 502 Views
For all the reasons stated. - 28/04/2011 06:15:27 PM 385 Views
Re: For all the reasons stated. - 09/05/2011 05:56:59 PM 432 Views
Divide By Cucumber Error. Please reinstall universe and reboot. *NM* - 28/04/2011 08:11:22 PM 206 Views
But I threw away the disk! - 28/04/2011 08:15:25 PM 381 Views
Thanks, Hex. *NM* - 28/04/2011 08:44:35 PM 154 Views

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