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OpenStudy (anonymous):

1x0

OpenStudy (the_beast_eli):

Anything x 0 equals 0

OpenStudy (anonymous):

why

OpenStudy (anonymous):

0

OpenStudy (the_beast_eli):

Yep

OpenStudy (the_beast_eli):

Because anything times zero equals zero, lol

OpenStudy (anonymous):

if you are going to give away something to someone there must be someone to take it

jigglypuff314 (jigglypuff314):

here's another way of thinking about it 3*2 = 3 + 3 = 6 3*4 = 3 + 3 + 3 +3 = 12 right? so it is just the first number added to itself, the second number of times so for 1 * 0 you are trying to add 1 zero number of times

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks @jigglypuff314

OpenStudy (the_beast_eli):

It's just complicated stuff

OpenStudy (the_beast_eli):

Hey what about me?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

but then why is infinite times 0 undefined?

OpenStudy (the_beast_eli):

I answered first

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I have read the code of conduct and direct answers are not allowed. So technically you should be banned @The_Beast_Eli

OpenStudy (the_beast_eli):

Just annything x 0 EQUALS 0!!!!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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jigglypuff314 (jigglypuff314):

because you are trying to add infinity to itself zero times infinity by itself is not a concrete number

OpenStudy (the_beast_eli):

No-one reads it

OpenStudy (the_beast_eli):

duh

OpenStudy (the_beast_eli):

and I am explaining it

iYuko (iyuko):

you said you read it when you made this account.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

But we take infinity 0 times so basically we don't even take anything so it should be 0

jigglypuff314 (jigglypuff314):

here is a better explanation for why the times zero rule does not apply to intinifty http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/28940/why-is-infinity-multiplied-by-zero-not-an-easy-zero-answer "The problem is that the laws of addition and multiplication you are using hold for natural numbers, but infinity is not a natural number, so these laws do not apply. "

OpenStudy (the_beast_eli):

I did?

OpenStudy (the_beast_eli):

It said "I will give help, not JUST give direct answers"!

jigglypuff314 (jigglypuff314):

@curtain do you get what I was saying?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The stuff in the link is making me dizzy.

jigglypuff314 (jigglypuff314):

lol sorry the main point was that infinity is not a defined number to begin with so timesing it by zero just makes it weirder - can't force something that was not a defined number to magically become a number

OpenStudy (anonymous):

but whatever the number is 0 times of that number means we don't even take it into sum like we did in 3*2 we took the number 3, two times so we got 3+3=6 but if we don't even take any number then it should be 0.

jigglypuff314 (jigglypuff314):

but infinity is not really a number

OpenStudy (anonymous):

does it matter?

jigglypuff314 (jigglypuff314):

it does because you can only really add and subtract and multiply and divide "natural" numbers infinity is a concept of a number it is an idea of an impossibly large number and because it is a concept/idea - and not an actual number. the rules of "natural" numbers do not always apply to it :-/

OpenStudy (anonymous):

but integers like -1,-2.. which are not natural numbers can be added right?

jigglypuff314 (jigglypuff314):

aye my bad .-. I meant natural numbers as in number that have a tangible value

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks :)

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