trevor borocz johnson Posted April 22, 2020 #1 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Why is 4 divided by 0 = 1? The answer came to me a couple weeks ago. Any number divided by 0 or nothing leaves one thing left in existence which is the quanity up top you are dividing by. So in the case of 4 divided by zero you are left with one thin, the 4. If you multiply 4 by 0 then the four infinitely dissipates into nothingness. One is the conscious mind as it defines something and zero defines the subconscious or nothingness, empty space. The left side of your brain is your conscious and the right is your subconscious. When they are at balance you may feel sleepy. When one side is bothered you can feel it in your head. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorg Posted April 22, 2020 #2 Share Posted April 22, 2020 I'm sure no one will disagree with you. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nnicolette Posted April 22, 2020 #3 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Nope... Still 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Duck Posted April 22, 2020 #4 Share Posted April 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, Nnicolette said: Nope... Still 4 It's undefined. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevor borocz johnson Posted April 22, 2020 Author #5 Share Posted April 22, 2020 1 minute ago, Tuco's Gas said: As we say in Texas, "You went to the well once to often, amigo." You shoulda stopped right after the above sentence, which was correct. All that stuff afterwards was just mental m********ion. Not math. My apologies sir as I live in Cleveland where we forbid saying's. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevor borocz johnson Posted April 22, 2020 Author #6 Share Posted April 22, 2020 5 minutes ago, Tuco's Gas said: I thought the only thing forbidden in Cleveland was having a good football team. Ouch, huh? We take that as a vague form of prejudice that everyone makes fun of our football team. I was there when they filled the field with bottles. Pride comes from a football field filled with bottles not from athletic achievement or earnings. If you can look back and say that's a lot of bottles thrown at the green grass TV ma jigg you know Cleveland population is happy, all of them! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejarma Posted April 22, 2020 #7 Share Posted April 22, 2020 if i'm stabbed in the heart with nothing means i'm 3 quarters alive or 1 quarter dead.. or is this analogy wrong? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaginarynumber1 Posted April 22, 2020 #8 Share Posted April 22, 2020 41 minutes ago, trevor borocz johnson said: Why is 4 divided by 0 = 1? It's not 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevor borocz johnson Posted April 22, 2020 Author #9 Share Posted April 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, Dejarma said: if i'm stabbed in the heart with nothing means i'm 3 quarters alive or 1 quarter dead.. or is this analogy wrong? If your stabbed out in some trees and the trees are really rustling around like its windy and you cry out et tu Brut? I don't think you should fall down and wiggle on the ground because that guy is still tere that stabbed you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejarma Posted April 22, 2020 #10 Share Posted April 22, 2020 12 minutes ago, trevor borocz johnson said: If your stabbed out in some trees and the trees are really rustling around like its windy and you cry out et tu Brut? I don't think you should fall down and wiggle on the ground because that guy is still tere that stabbed you. oh right, of course- silly me 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted April 22, 2020 #11 Share Posted April 22, 2020 This is what you get when your brain is earwax. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted April 22, 2020 #12 Share Posted April 22, 2020 @trevor borocz johnson I can't help you with the metaphysical stuff, only the mathematics. Any positive number divided by zero equals infinity, and any negative number divided by zero equals negative infinity. Likewise... Any positive or negative number divided by positive or negative infinity equals zero. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hetrodoxly Posted April 22, 2020 #13 Share Posted April 22, 2020 I got 4 five pound notes from the bank to give to the kids, when i got home non of them where there, so i divided by non, when they got home i told them i'd divided in their absence and now there was only 1 five pound note left, they were having 'non' of it and got the other 3 five pound notes out of my pocket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Desertrat56 Posted April 22, 2020 #14 Share Posted April 22, 2020 11 hours ago, trevor borocz johnson said: Why is 4 divided by 0 = 1? The answer came to me a couple weeks ago. Any number divided by 0 or nothing leaves one thing left in existence which is the quanity up top you are dividing by. So in the case of 4 divided by zero you are left with one thin, the 4. If you multiply 4 by 0 then the four infinitely dissipates into nothingness. One is the conscious mind as it defines something and zero defines the subconscious or nothingness, empty space. The left side of your brain is your conscious and the right is your subconscious. When they are at balance you may feel sleepy. When one side is bothered you can feel it in your head. You can't divide by 0. Maybe there is a new math system that allows that but our standard math does not. If you have 4 items and you want to divide them how are you dividing by nothing? That's what 0 signifies, nothing. If you are using some program that gives you a 1 when you divide by zero, then the program is faulty. When you multiply by 0 you get 0 because, 0 is nothing so you cannot have 0 groups of 4 or any number. AND Please quit trying to use math to prove consciousness, at least until you actually learn math! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted April 22, 2020 #15 Share Posted April 22, 2020 11 hours ago, trevor borocz johnson said: We take that as a vague form of prejudice that everyone makes fun of our football team. Nothing but respect for the fans of the Browns. You guys get it. When my team sucked we loved them anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep73 Posted April 22, 2020 #16 Share Posted April 22, 2020 As @Desertrat56 already said, you can't divide with 0. "Divided with 0" means not divided. So 4 : 0 is 4 not divided. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonman Posted April 22, 2020 #17 Share Posted April 22, 2020 (edited) Typical mental mush from the resident brain garbage man. Edited April 22, 2020 by moonman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nnicolette Posted April 23, 2020 #18 Share Posted April 23, 2020 22 hours ago, Golden Duck said: It's undefined. So what are we looking at here? 16 hours ago, acute said: @trevor borocz johnson I can't help you with the metaphysical stuff, only the mathematics. Any positive number divided by zero equals infinity, and any negative number divided by zero equals negative infinity. Likewise... Any positive or negative number divided by positive or negative infinity equals zero. Wait this is a joke right? I can't buy that so many people are having a hard time with first grade math. If you have 4 apples and divide them 0 times, you still have 4 apples... Not infinity. You can't divide by infinity that isn't a defined number and doesn't have a solution. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted April 23, 2020 #19 Share Posted April 23, 2020 There are days on UM that make me feel like I have a 3000 IQ. Today is one of those days. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Duck Posted April 23, 2020 #20 Share Posted April 23, 2020 17 minutes ago, Nnicolette said: So what are we looking at here? In that particular it's a graph of f(x) = 4/x. Which, will have a similar shape to f(x) = k/x where k > 0. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted April 23, 2020 #21 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Well. Let's give Trevor some credit, he does keep things interesting around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatetopa Posted April 23, 2020 #22 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Look at Golden Duck's graph. Think about this. Do it on a calculator. there is a pattern to this. Divide 4 by 4 4 goes into 4 1 time 4/4=1 Divide 4 by 2 . 2 goes into 4 2 times. 4/2=2 Divide 4 by 1 1 goes into 4 4 times 4/1 =4 Now start with some fractions Divide 4 by 1/2 1/2 goes into 4 8 times. 4/ (1/2) =8 Divide 4 by 1/16 and you get 64 Divide 4 by 1/64 and you get 256. .As the divisor gets smaller and smaller, the quotient gets bigger and bigger. That is what Golden Duck's graph can show you. As the divisor gets nearly as small as zero, the quotient gets nearly as large as infinity. So we define 4 divided by zero as infinity because that seems to be the end points of the graph if we could go that far out. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arbenol Posted April 23, 2020 #23 Share Posted April 23, 2020 14 hours ago, sci-nerd said: As @Desertrat56 already said, you can't divide with 0. "Divided with 0" means not divided. So 4 : 0 is 4 not divided. Despite the lunacy of the OP his equation has confused quite a few people here. The answer is neither 1 nor "not divided". It's infinity. See @Tatetopa for an explanation 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep73 Posted April 23, 2020 #24 Share Posted April 23, 2020 8 hours ago, Arbenol said: Despite the lunacy of the OP his equation has confused quite a few people here. The answer is neither 1 nor "not divided". It's infinity. See @Tatetopa for an explanation Oh really? Can you back that up with a reliable source? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clare256 Posted April 23, 2020 #25 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Just ask Siri "what is 4 divided by 0?" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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