In this video we’re going to explore why dividing by zero is undefined. But first, what we need to do is familiarize ourselves with the definition of division. The definition of division states that ...

Dividing by zero — the fundamental no-can-do of arithmetic. It is somewhat surrounded by mystery, and is a constant source for internet humor, whether it involves exploding microcontrollers, the ...

Dividing by 0 can be tricky, especially if you do so using a computer or calculator and even more so if your computer or calculator is mechanical in nature. In the case of division, if you take a ...

Dividing by zero is complicated and we all know it's something you can't and shouldn't do. The simple—but still not perfect—explanation is that if you divide something by zero, the answer approaches ...

From early on in math class, you’re taught that you cannot divide a number by zero. On paper, it doesn’t work out. Do it electronically, and you’ll get an error ...

This chaos of churning gears comes down to a fairly simple explanation. Division is just a series of sequential subtraction, and division by zero is the sequential subtraction of zero, over and over ...

Dividing by zero — the fundamental no-can-do of arithmetic. It is somewhat surrounded by mystery, and is a constant source for internet humor, whether it involves exploding microcontrollers, the ...

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As some really smart person once said, “black holes are where God (or the Flying Spaghetti monster, maybe) divided by zero.” It was probably meant to be a joke, but there’s certainly a kernel of truth ...

I enjoyed the entertaining way that Lawrence Douglas and Alexander George raised issues about the SAT, but I need to correct the mathematical error in their last ...