All calculators give div zero error - I was taught 1 div zero equals infinity ?
Well, you were taught wrong!
The correct responce is "Undefined"
IF you want more advance reasons search through the
I have posted some brilliant responses to the question. (Others have too, but they are not as brilliant as mine).
Your humble servant
You can ask CPhill, too. He is very versed on Zeros. Especially Roman Zeros.
Well, you were taught wrong!
The correct responce is "Undefined"
IF you want more advance reasons search through the
I have posted some brilliant responses to the question. (Others have too, but they are not as brilliant as mine).
Your humble servant
You can ask CPhill, too. He is very versed on Zeros. Especially Roman Zeros.
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$$\lim\limits_{b\to^-0}\frac{a}{b}=-\infty$$
Note for both this situations a is not equal to zero.
so if you approach 0 from above the answer tends to +infinty
and if you approach 0 from below the answer tends to -infinity
Which is a part of the logic explaining why anything divided by 0 is undefined.
Here's my brilliant response.
http://web2.0calc.com/questions/what-happens-when-you-divide-by-zero#r5
Melody elaborates on it, and her graph makes it easier to understand.
To infinity and beyond.