drum Diamond Member Feb 1, 2003 6,810 4 81 Oct 25, 2006 #2 i thought it was undefined? off the top of my head... always sucked at math
R Ronstang Lifer Jul 8, 2000 12,493 18 81 Oct 25, 2006 #3 You cannot divide by zero thus it is undefined.
her209 No Lifer Oct 11, 2000 56,336 11 0 Oct 25, 2006 #4 http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.divideby0.html
minendo Elite Member Aug 31, 2001 35,557 16 81 Oct 25, 2006 #6 Originally posted by: Ronstang You cannot divide by zero thus it is undefined. Click to expand... Actually, you may be able to in this case. You can't in the example 5/0 because 0*x could never equal 5. However, 0*0=0.
Originally posted by: Ronstang You cannot divide by zero thus it is undefined. Click to expand... Actually, you may be able to in this case. You can't in the example 5/0 because 0*x could never equal 5. However, 0*0=0.
T thesurge Golden Member Dec 11, 2004 1,745 0 0 Oct 25, 2006 #7 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indeterminate_form
T thoro86 Banned Jun 8, 2006 692 0 0 Oct 25, 2006 #9 after reading the link, it's supposed to be indeterminate??
T thesurge Golden Member Dec 11, 2004 1,745 0 0 Oct 25, 2006 #10 Originally posted by: thoro86 after reading the link, it's supposed to be indeterminate?? Click to expand... right. Not exactly undefined. value assumed is different from case to case.
Originally posted by: thoro86 after reading the link, it's supposed to be indeterminate?? Click to expand... right. Not exactly undefined. value assumed is different from case to case.