04-30-2019, 04:14 PM
(04-30-2019, 11:45 AM)Shannon Wrote:(04-29-2019, 09:11 AM)LionKing Wrote: A number divided by zero is not zero, though. Approaches infinity.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_by_zero
A number divided by zero is "undefined". Infinity is a number too large to represent. Not the same thing.
But let us consider this:
I bake a cake. I tell my friends to come over and divide it equally amongst themselves. They never do. By this logic, a/0=a.
I did not say it is infinity. I said it approaches infinity, meaning that x/b approaches infinity as b approaches zero. The final destination is undefined. You wrote it is zero.
I really did not follow the rest, just noticed that one bit was not correct, so it would likely affect your deductions. I seem to remember something about mass approaching infinity as a particle is trying to reach the speed of light, therefore approaching a requirement of infinite acceleration to reach the speed of light (f=ma), meaning that you cannot ever reach it... But yeah, distant memories.
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