Question

So what is 1/0?

Answer 1

it is an abomination!!

Answer 2

I KNOW!!!!!

Answer 3

If we are doing 10/5, then it is 2 since 2*5=10. If you have 1/0, there is not one x that satisfies x*0=0. So we say it is undefined.

Answer 4

You know what's even worse, 0/0?

Answer 5

that's not true

Answer 6

anything other than infinity times 0 will be 0

Answer 7

There has to be only one x

Answer 8

im surprised noones made an imaginary number for it yet and called it the discovery of the century...... why does "i" get to have all the fun :)

Answer 9

what about 1*0=0 and 2*0=0

Answer 10

You couldn't possibly make it an imaginary number. This is why.
http://www.jimloy.com/algebra/two.htm

Answer 11

Yes i know you were joking :p

Answer 12

sure you can.... just say: this is what 1/0 is...q. there, we did it :)

Answer 13

But not in the same way that i = root(-1)

Answer 14

You guys are nerds

Answer 15

lol .... technicalities. let the braniacs figure that part out :)

Answer 16

Just because one number doesn't satisfy something doesn't mean it doesn't exist, look at higher order partial derivatives with multi variables, they have infinite number of values because it is a 3 dimensional object.

Answer 17

can't we say a divison problem is linear and it only crosses the x axis once so it should only have one solution provided that the rational functions do not have polynomials of degree greater than 1

Answer 18

Just because it crosses the x axis once doesn't make it linear. Look at the graph of ln(x).

Answer 19

i know. I'm just trying to justified why 1/0 is undefined

Answer 20

I'm guessing you're only talking about first order polynomials?

Answer 21

1/0 is undefined is definitely for the genius

Answer 22

I hate it when people in elementary always expect an explanation

Answer 23

like each integer we do division on by another integer leaves us with a unique integer, except when zero is involved in the denominator

Answer 24

or rational

Answer 25

which is an integer/integer

Answer 26

Well 0 is really cool because the limit of 1/0 approaches infinity, it's a cool concept I think. Just because it's undefined doesn't mean it's not useful to know.

Answer 27

Okay here's the simplest explanation.
You have a cake and 2 people want to eat it, so 1 cake / 2 people = 1/2 cake for each.
But if you have 1 cake and 0 people, then how much cake does each person get?

Answer 28

0

Answer 29

are there imaginary people

Answer 30

lol

Answer 31

There are 0 people, so each person can't get 0

Answer 32

How do you give out cake to 0 people, how do you determine that?

Answer 33

we can give out 5 to each of the 0 people

Answer 34

each 0 person gets as much cake as they want :)

Answer 35

GENIUS