• Etterra@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Okay I’m not a mathologist - in fact I hate the guy - so here’s how I see it. If you have one apple, and you divide it zero times, you still have one apple. That’s it.

    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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      1 year ago

      If I have 6 apples and I hand them out among 3 people, each person has 2 apples. All the people together have 6 apples, and I have none.

      If I have 6 apples and I hand them out among 12 people, each person has 1/2 apples. All together, they have 6 apples, and I have none.

      If I have 6 apples and I try to “hand them out” among 0 people, I have nobody to give any apples. I still have all 6 apples, and “all” the “other people” have none. All together, they have 0 apples, and I still have 6.

      Since I can’t “hand them out”, I can’t divide them. That “division” is impossible to perform.

    • Moghul@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      If you divide it zero times you have an apple. The discussion is about dividing by zero.