For what value of $x$ $x$ is $\frac{x}{0} = \frac{2}{1}$ $x/0 = 2/1$ ?

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For what value of $x$ $x$ is $\frac{x}{0} = \frac{2}{1}$ $x/0 = 2/1$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-29T21:12:14

The left hand side of this equation is undefined, regardless of the value of $x$ $x$ , so there are no solutions.

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In the context of algebra, division should be the same as multiplication by the multiplicative inverse, but $0$ $0$ has no multiplicative inverse. So division by $0$ $0$ is undefined.

If $0^{- 1}$ $0^(-1)$ were defined then:

$1 = 0 \cdot 0^{- 1} = \frac{0}{0} = \frac{0 + 0}{0} = \frac{0}{0} + \frac{0}{0} = 0 \cdot 0^{- 1} + 0 \cdot 0^{- 1} = 1 + 1 = 2$ $1 = 0*0^(-1) = 0/0 = (0+0)/0 = 0/0 + 0/0 = 0*0^(-1)+0*0^(-1) = 1+1 = 2$

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