Sandor Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Your answer is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagosilva29 Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Undefined. srbeen 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pack34 Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 You punch a hole in the cosmos. Glassed Silver 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe User Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 +/- Infinity, which is undefined. KRazpopov and pack34 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 It is still 1, since it was not divided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Jose_49, Glassed Silver, Arceles and 3 others 6 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe User Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Since you can't really divide up zero, try using numbers that are close to zero, like 1/0.001 then try 1/0.00001 and keep making the number smaller, watch what happens as you get closer to zero. Shadrack and srbeen 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdot.tk Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 I don't believe in singularities nor do I believe in literally nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose_49 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Your answer is... Blue Screen of Death Muhammad Farrukh 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Why would you- OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-----------* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl L. Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 I think this poll is flawed. I am lead to believe that division by zero is, in fact, illegal! I ran this script: #!/usr/bin/perlprint "1/0 == " . 1/0 . "\n";[/CODE] And it gave me the following output: [CODE]Illegal division by zero at ./dbz.pl line 2.[/CODE] Therefore I drew the conclusion that division by zero is illegal. So illegal, in fact, that the Perl compiler won't even compile the script! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stetson Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 1/0 = undefined The limit of 1/x as x goes to 0 is infinity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShMaunder Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 The answer is the meaning of life and all existence. Arceles, Jose_49, LaP and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiranui Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Nice profile picture and signature. Do you still use XP? Harr Harr, you actually leave signatures turned on..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl L. Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 The answer is the meaning of life and all existence. Is that why its illegal?! That confirms it. This thread should definitely be moved to the Its a Conspiracy! subforum now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+devHead Subscriber² Posted October 22, 2012 Subscriber² Share Posted October 22, 2012 Of course, in mathematics, 1 - or any number for that matter divided by 0 is infinity. Why would you not give that as an option? Or do you truly not know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pack34 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Since you can't really divide up zero, try using numbers that are close to zero, like 1/0.001 then try 1/0.00001 and keep making the number smaller, watch what happens as you get closer to zero. Bigger, not smaller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe User Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Bigger, not smaller No, smaller. 0.01 is much larger than 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 $.1 = one dime $.01 = one penny Which is smaller? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radium Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Any finite number divided by 0 equals infinity. Do what Joe USer says. By dividing 1 by 0, you're asking the question: How many times does 0 fit into 1? Each time you do what Joe USer says, you're ask that question. An infinite amount of times. So in a sense, you can but at the same time you can't. It depends on what you want to do. You can't turn it around, like, multiply the quotient with 0 and you'll get 0. So, you have to break rules to use infinity. You can't say "impossible", you need to think outside the box. Infinity is a funny subject. There's no definitive answer. It depends on the use of the division and the context. Computers don't like dividing by zero because it runs a loop of add (adding a negative) to see how many times it fits and what's left results in the carry. Computers don't compute infinity. So to stop the processor from stalling, they've added an exception and you need to write code to catch that or check it before you divide. Subtract (negative add) the dividend/numerator with the divisor/denominator until you reach zero. Do this until you can't subtract anymore and return the quotient. If the remainder is not 0 then set the carry-flag and write the remainder to X (depending on architecture). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodmas Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 1/1 = 1 1/.5 = 2 1/.25 = 4 1/.125 = 8 1/.0625 = 16 1/.01 = 100 1/.001 = 1000 so, we see that when denominator goes decreasing result goes increasing keeping numerator constant. now lets presume that denominator is infinity away from zero and then we use it as denomintaor to divide 1 then we get closest to infinity. you can imagin it. pack34 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo158 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 The answer is the meaning of life and all existence. That would be 42. LaP, KRazpopov, +devHead and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl L. Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 That would be 42. Thank you! That makes sooooo much more sense! Between ShMaunder's comment and your clarification I now know that 1/0 = 42. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scumdogmillionaire Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 throw new DivideByZeroException(); Matthew_Thepc 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pack34 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 1/1 = 1 1/.5 = 2 1/.25 = 4 1/.125 = 8 1/.0625 = 16 1/.01 = 100 1/.001 = 1000 so, we see that when denominator goes decreasing result goes increasing keeping numerator constant. now lets presume that denominator is infinity away from zero and then we use it as denomintaor to divide 1 then we get closest to infinity. you can imagin it. Thank you, Sir BODMAS bodmas 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaredFrost Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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