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Can you divide infinity by zero?

By David Osborn

We don’t ‘divide by infinity’ because infinity is not really a number. … Regardless of what large number we’re dividing by our answer is 0 and by letting this large number increase (as much as we please, tending to infinity) the answer is still 0. Thus the ‘answer’ to your question is 0.

What is the result of infinity divided by zero?

-infinity/0- = + infinity. If you are thinking of only one infinity, where the line appears more like a circle closing up to a single infinity from both ‘ends’, then there is only one infinity (+infinity= -infinity) and infinity/0 = infinity.

Is it possible to divide by infinity?

Any number divided by infinity is equal to 0.

It is well known that you cannot divide a number by zero. Math teachers write, for example, 24 ÷ 0 = undefined. They use analogies to convince students that it is impossible and meaningless, that “you cannot divide something by nothing.” Yet we also learn that we can multiply by zero, add zero, and subtract zero.

How do you explain dividing by zero?

A positive or negative number when divided by zero is a fraction with the zero as denominator. Zero divided by a negative or positive number is either zero or is expressed as a fraction with zero as numerator and the finite quantity as denominator. Zero divided by zero is zero.

So, that means that this is going to be undefined. So zero divided by zero is undefined.

Can you write 1 infinity?

Infinity is a concept, not a number; therefore, the expression 1/infinity is actually undefined.

What is infinity divided by infinity?

Infinity divided by infinity is 1.

As much as we would like to have an answer for “what’s 1 divided by 0?” it’s sadly impossible to have an answer. The reason, in short, is that whatever we may answer, we will then have to agree that that answer times 0 equals to 1, and that cannot be true, because anything times 0 is 0. Created by Sal Khan.

Is infinity a number?

Infinity is not a number. Instead, it’s a kind of number. You need infinite numbers to talk about and compare amounts that are unending, but some unending amounts—some infinities—are literally bigger than others. When a number refers to how many things there are, it is called a ‘cardinal number’.

Is infinity divided by infinity 1 or 0?

0/0 and infinity divided by infinity is indeterminate. Therefore, we say these terms are in indeterminate forms. For this same reason, infinity minus infinity and (minus infinity minus infinity) both are in indeterminate form, not zero or minus infinity because infinity can be any positive or negative number.

What is infinity times infinity?

Lesson 12: “Infinity times Infinity = Infinity”

Usually,if infinity is used like that, every number is assumed smaller than infinity, infinity is assumed equal to infinity and any number + infinity is defined equal to infinity +(x,infinity)=infinity for every real x. In that case: no, infinity +1 is not bigger than infinity.