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<p>[QUOTE="RidgeRunner, post: 943702, member: 26340"]What exactly do you think "minus infinity times (sqrt(-1))" represents? This doesn't actually have mathematical meaning. :headbang:</p><p> </p><p>You really can't divide by zero. You just can't pretend that it's possible and expect the result to mean anything. Division is defined as the multiplication by the inverse of a number. The inverse of a number is the number you would multiply it by to get 1, which is only defined for non-zero numbers for obvious reasons (0 doesn't have such a corresponding number). So for that reason, we cannot multiply by 0's inverse (ie, we can't divide by zero). That's just how math works. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p>Let's just pretend that math doesn't exist.. What is 7 times 3?</p><p> </p><p>Hint: Multiplication doesn't exist...? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p>bbqman was the first person to supply this contest with a reasonable answer; I would personally declare him as the contest winner. Interesting contest.. Had a fun time reading the respones. :goofer:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RidgeRunner, post: 943702, member: 26340"]What exactly do you think "minus infinity times (sqrt(-1))" represents? This doesn't actually have mathematical meaning. :headbang: You really can't divide by zero. You just can't pretend that it's possible and expect the result to mean anything. Division is defined as the multiplication by the inverse of a number. The inverse of a number is the number you would multiply it by to get 1, which is only defined for non-zero numbers for obvious reasons (0 doesn't have such a corresponding number). So for that reason, we cannot multiply by 0's inverse (ie, we can't divide by zero). That's just how math works. :rolleyes: Let's just pretend that math doesn't exist.. What is 7 times 3? Hint: Multiplication doesn't exist...? ;) bbqman was the first person to supply this contest with a reasonable answer; I would personally declare him as the contest winner. Interesting contest.. Had a fun time reading the respones. :goofer:[/QUOTE]
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