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Old 10-12-16, 08:20 PM   #16
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NEVER (that's "not often" divided by zero)
Pssst RR. I think you mean multiply by 0...
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Old 10-12-16, 11:08 PM   #17
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Ahhh, but divide by zero is an undefined operation, and therefore does fit also...
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Yes, at least when you multiply by zero you get an answer. When dividing by zero you don't even get that. And in geekdom, dividing by zero is a figure of speech for doing something really screwy.



Or, for the mathematically inclined:

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Yes, at least when you multiply by zero you get an answer. When dividing by zero you don't even get that.
You can get an answer when dividing by zero. That's called calculus.
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