A dumb math theory

qualy · 05-19-2004, 08:24 PM

My friend and I theorized that any whole number divided by 0 = infinity. We theorized this because of the fact that if you divide a whole number by a decimal (I'll take 100/.1 as an example), like 100/.1 you get a number higher than the whole number (1000 in this case). So, if you divided 100/0, it would be infinite because the 0's stalk on top of each other, but can't reach the number because of the fact that it is 0 and can't go any higher, no matter how much it's stacked on top of itself. The exception to this is 0/0, which is equal to 1 because 0 can go into itself 1 time.

Meh... sorry if the wording is a little confusing, I'm bad at explaining myself.

05-19-2004, 08:24 PM	#1
qualy FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sierra Vista, Arizona Age: 36 Posts: 864	A dumb math theory My friend and I theorized that any whole number divided by 0 = infinity. We theorized this because of the fact that if you divide a whole number by a decimal (I'll take 100/.1 as an example), like 100/.1 you get a number higher than the whole number (1000 in this case). So, if you divided 100/0, it would be infinite because the 0's stalk on top of each other, but can't reach the number because of the fact that it is 0 and can't go any higher, no matter how much it's stacked on top of itself. The exception to this is 0/0, which is equal to 1 because 0 can go into itself 1 time. Meh... sorry if the wording is a little confusing, I'm bad at explaining myself.

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