Question

2/0=infinity
prove this to be true or false.

Answer 1

You can't divide by zero.
The result is just undefined.

Answer 2

or infinity as you said
you could graph it to prove it.

Answer 3

Proving that statement: 4/2 = 2
Simpler terms: four fish can be divided evenly between two piles. So,
2 fish can be divided into piles of 0. First, you divide the 2 fish into one pile of 0. Since you still have 2 fish, you need to divide them into another pile of zero. Again, you still have 2 fish, so you create another pile of 0 fish and again and again forever. That also defines infinity, something that goes on forever and ever and just will never stop. Thus, any number divided by 0 is, in fact infinity.

Answer 4

But then, why isn't 2*0 = infinity?

Answer 5

So, actually, 2/0 IS possible, it just ends up as infinity, which is a concept. Just like 0. 0 is not a real number, it is just like infinity and is a concept.

Answer 6

don't get things confused.

0 IS a real number.

2/0 is not possible.

if this is calculus, i think you could "prove" it by taking limit from left and right of 0 and seeing that lim 2/0 does not exist

Answer 7

or graph it like shamil said

Answer 8

If you divide 2 by 1 what do you get :
2 right??

Answer 9

Prove 0 is a real number. Also, Prove 2/0 isn't possible.

Answer 10

If you divide 2 by 0.5 what do you get :
4 right??

Answer 11

If you divide 2 by 0.05 what do you get :
40 right??

Answer 12

If you divide 2 by 0.005 what do you get :
400 right??

Answer 13

If you keep coming closer to 0, the number keeps becoming big
If we actually reach 0 -> the number will tend to infinity

Answer 14

If you keep dividing 2 by a number coming closer to 0, the number keeps becoming big
If we actually reach 0 -> the number will tend to infinity

Answer 15

Exactly, so 2/0 is infinity.

Answer 16

yes

Answer 17

Euler, please Prove 0 is a real number. Also, Prove 2/0 isn't possible.

Answer 18

0 doesn't follow several of the properties, such as the inverse
property of multiplication, and several division properties. In the
definition of opposites, "Any 2 points on a number line that are
equidistant from the origin (0)." Also, "any real number multiplied
by -1 will give you the opposite of that number." So, in essence,
0 * -1 =0. However, 0 could not possibly be the opposite of 0
according to the definition of opposites, because, even though 0 is
equidistant from zero in coordinates to 0, they are not two separate
points, thus proving that 0 doesn't follow all real number properties.