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I think this argument is up for debate, however personally believe it is actually
Explanation:
Clearly the two rules you have proposed contradict, however I would argue that no items shared among no people leaves nothing for anyone.
Undefined/indeterminate
Explanation:
How to classify
First, as this question is in prealgebra, let's look at it without any reference to higher level mathematics. In this context, we should treat it as undefined.
When we perform the operation
As there is no value which can be multiplied by
As the question also mentions division by
In calculus, we consider what happens when values get very large or very close to specific values. Rather than dividing by
#1/1 = 1# #1/(1/2) = 2# #1/(1/10) = 10# #1/(1/10000) = 10000#
#...#
Notice that as the dividend gets closer to
It gets trickier when we have
#0/1 = 0# #0/(1/2) = 0# #0/(1/10) = 0#
#...#
It seems if we just plug in
#1/1 = 1# #(1/2)/(1/2) = 1# #(1/10)/(1/10) = 1#
#...#
Both the divisor and dividend are getting close to
In general, different branches of math and physics treat
The short answer is that things written with a "denominator" of
Explanation:
Any attempt to define
What this means is that, if you attempt to define
You cannot say "Leave everything else the same, but make
Leaving everything else thet same will lead to a collapse of the number system.
Case 1
If
then
But
So
As another problem, what is
On the one hand, it shoulod be
Dividing by
Case 2
If
then
Get a common denominator using
# = (0(1)+0(1))/(0(1)) = (0+0)/0 = 0/0 = 0#
The conclusion that