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To: LeGrande

Division by zero: In the real world division by zero is not indefinite. We use something in maths called limit theory to get the result.


469 posted on 01/13/2009 7:36:08 AM PST by bvw
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To: bvw; metmom
Division by zero: In the real world division by zero is not indefinite. We use something in maths called limit theory to get the result.

Which approaches zero, tell it to Metmom. I am not the one who divides or multiplies by zero, exploding infinities are too exciting for me : )

475 posted on 01/13/2009 8:18:24 AM PST by LeGrande (I once heard a smart man say that you canÂ’t reason someone out of something that they didnÂ’t reaso)
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