Thursday, July 4, 2013

what is the equation to divide any numerical value by zero

In algebraic terms, the division by zero is
meaningless.


You can think in this way: what expression
multiplied by zero gives other value than zero? The answer is simple,
none.


for instance, we'll consider a polynomial of n-th
order:


P(x) = `a_(1)` *`x^(n)` + `a_(2)` *`x^(n-1)` + ... +
`a_(0)`


We'll divide this polynomial by
0:


P(x)/0 = ? => 0*? =
P(x)


Unless P(x) reprezents zero polynomial, no other value
multiplied by zero gives such a value that is different from
zero.

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