Why can't you divide by zero? - TED-Ed
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In the world of math, many strange results are possible when we change the rules. But there’s one rule that most of us have been warned not to break: don’t divide by zero. How can the simple combination of an everyday number and a basic operation cause such problems?
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@CartoonNetworkGlitches
6 жыл бұрын
0 Divided by 0 = 0
@Roach-zt6fc
6 жыл бұрын
In my mind, I say division is giving a fixed number of ice-cream to a fixed number of kids. If I have 10 ice-creams, and 5 kids I can give them to, how many ice-creams does one kid get? The answer is 10/5=2. However, if I have 10 ice-creams, but there aren't any kids that I can give them to, how many does one kid get? Well, we can't say zero OR 10, which means such an operation is undefined.
@ykrareih1559
6 жыл бұрын
What about Lelouch? He got divided by Zero lol
@magicmailman
6 жыл бұрын
If you divide by 0 it is 0 because say you have 10 cookies if you divided them between 2 people each person gets 5 well we all know that but if you have those 10 cookies to 0 people how many dose each person get well if you have no people to give them to then no one can take them there for each person gets 0 because know people can take them
@swallowedinthesea11
6 жыл бұрын
try: # Stay safe during the Coronavirus! 10/0 except: if ZeroDivisionError: print('Answer is INFINITY STONE!')
Math is quite interesting when you're not studying it for the test.
@gabrielmarceloecheverriadi2286
Жыл бұрын
And kind and human when you have not sadistic teachers proving you that you are a amoeba....
@Spirit365
Жыл бұрын
😂
@baljindersinghsidhu3959
Жыл бұрын
True
@justadragonnamemarcus1751
Жыл бұрын
Yup
@drewmercil4499
Жыл бұрын
The most true thing I’ve heard in a long time
“1=2” *years of academy training wasted*
@VikasPoonia
4 жыл бұрын
It is not like that. I think he is trying to say something about the function that is how a 1/x function behaves when x tends to zero.
@tiredHooman
4 жыл бұрын
Well 0="0" 0=[] But "0" is not equal to []
@nigaralizada7128
4 жыл бұрын
@@tiredHooman I smell JavaScript here :D
@gamermapper
4 жыл бұрын
"1=2" = 0
@OBtheamazing
4 жыл бұрын
@@tiredHooman thats due to implicit conversions. 0="0" assumes you accidental used "0" as CHAR. 0=[] assumes that a number 0 is the same as a NULL "0"=[] doesnt work because a CHAR is a string of length 1 even regardless of what is in it and 1 does not equal 0 this of it like this "0" = [] is the same as asking "0000000000000000000" = [] both are false
Another interesting method is to use limits. If you look at a graph of 1/x, you’ll notice that the graph skyrockets up when approaching zero from the right, and plummets down when approaching zero from the left. This is because if we begin to approach zero from the right (or positive) side (by starting a 1 and then to 0.1 and then 0.01...), the answer approaches infinity. But when we approach zero from the left (or negative) side (from -1 to -0.1 to -0.01...) the answer approaches negative infinity. This means that if we were to assign a value to the graph when it reaches zero (yes I know you cannot do this), it would have to equal both positive and negative.
@commentarytalk1446
2 жыл бұрын
In a sense that is a perfectly valid result. Do mathematicians not know how to use it (I suppose: "yet")? I'm sure they will find a big use for it if not already.
@hstochla
Жыл бұрын
Which also means that it can’t be a function, because that would leave two outputs for the same x value
@HeyWh
Жыл бұрын
Yes. And if you try to find a solution to y = 8x +1 16x - 2y = -2 And do the math: 16x + -2(8x + 1) = -2 16x + -16x + -2 = -2 0x = -2 - -2 0x = -2 + 2 0x = 0 0x/0 = 0/0 It comes out to: 0/0 = ∞ So the solution is infinitely many. Which, in my logic, proves n/0 = ±∞ Depending if n is -i or i where i is an rational or irrational number.
@HeyWh
Жыл бұрын
@@hstochla it can also be a solution of two linear functions. Where there's the same slope and y-intercept. y = -x 7x + 7y = 0 Equations ↑ Steps↓ 7x + 7(-x) = 0 7x - 7x = 0 0x = 0 0x/0 = 0/0 Solution ↓ 0/0 = ∞ There are infinitely many solutions to this problem.
@advikg
Жыл бұрын
imo i don’t think this is the best way of looking at it as 1/x^2 goes to positive infinity from both the right and left, but you still can’t divide by 0
This can also very nicely be explained by using a y = 1/x graph. Where x approaching from positive x-axis to 0 gives us an Infinitely large positive number. While x approaching from negative x-axis to 0 gives us an infinitely large negative number. And 1/0 cannot be both positive and negative infinity at the same time.
@supertails848
7 ай бұрын
so it’s ♾️
@simappersicrainer
25 күн бұрын
10 ÷ 0= 0
@christmas_just_a_week_away
20 күн бұрын
Why can't it be both
@isavenewspapers8890
15 күн бұрын
@@christmas_just_a_week_awayIf you want that, look into something called the projectively extended real line.
"Congratulations! You've earned 2nd place!" Me: "Let me tell you how 2=1."
@mahi-wb8ot
3 жыл бұрын
that's smart sjsjjs
@badam9656
3 жыл бұрын
Gg
@dislikevale86
3 жыл бұрын
How?
@ndegwajohn4140
3 жыл бұрын
gravity 9f a torus
@chaz2985
3 жыл бұрын
But the video literally just said that isnt possible
2:41 "Why can't we take the square root of negative numbers, John?" "Because you just can't, Emmy." "What if I would call it "i"?" "Wait, how would that even make se-" *A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF MATH OPENS UP*
@14o1chan
5 жыл бұрын
Does 'i' mean 'imaginary' or 'impossible'?
@mohadeseh9736
5 жыл бұрын
Cosmic Cyborg it’s imaginary
@14o1chan
5 жыл бұрын
@@mohadeseh9736 *got it
@LadyOfTheDog
5 жыл бұрын
AAA WHOLLLLEE NEW WORLDDD
@blackimbreon9451
4 жыл бұрын
Guess what the square root of -1 is the square root of -1 aka i
I tried something similar to this. Just as sqrt(-1) = i, I defined 1/0 as o. Then, I went as far as I could trying to figure out all the properties of this new number that I could. I had to bend quite a few rules and I still ran into a bunch of contradictions. I hope that someday, as my math knowledge grows, I can make o a number.
@a2izzard
Жыл бұрын
Can you tell me more about o?
@nutronstar45
Жыл бұрын
look up wheel theory
@familiamarquez3219
Жыл бұрын
Update for o?
@arpitpatel5814
11 ай бұрын
Do update when you get there 🙏🏻
@justtheletterV274
9 ай бұрын
Your contribution will not be forgotten.
I really liked the comparison with complex numbers and the multiplication by infinity, was very cool and clear, I never looked at this angle
My maths teacher has a shorter answer: "trust me, just don't"
@ikimiyu
2 жыл бұрын
Lol
@wackyanimations3326
2 жыл бұрын
thats solid advice tbh
@---kj1rl
2 жыл бұрын
😭
@kstoeb
2 жыл бұрын
Actually as a maths-teacher myself, that's exactly what I'm doing ;-) But from now on I'm gonna show the argumentation of this video to at least my higher classes. Thanks.
@M1551NGN0
2 жыл бұрын
Mine says "Stick to CBSE syllabus"
Wait, so "MATH ERROR" isn't a number ?
@myheartwillstopinjoy8142
5 жыл бұрын
I feel bad for ur math teacher 😂😂
@determineddaaf3
5 жыл бұрын
Wait this is math? I thought it was History. So I guess there wasn't a guy called "Infinity" who discovered Amerika...
@ascend1685
5 жыл бұрын
Wait...wasn’t the guy who discovered america called pi?
@hellotoaster4302
5 жыл бұрын
No, that one discovered space.
@HoardEG
5 жыл бұрын
You've got it all wrong. Syntax error discovered the earth, and many many years in the future pi found the continent now known as "America". Before that, there was already "i"'s all over America, but they didn't count since they were technically imaginary. But nowadays, if you take 1 apple and eat 2 of it then you can take what's left (-1 apple) and use it's square root to bring back an i. However, this is highly illegal so don't credit me as the one who told you. (PS: MATH ERROR was the creator of earth)
Math teacher here! Beautifully explained. Thank you for the great work 🙏
Didn’t know I could enjoy maths. This was wholesome. Thanks Ted-Ed.
Other animal : *eat, sleep, reproduce. Try to survive. Humans : "what if i divide 10 with 0"
@ikimiyu
2 жыл бұрын
o
@yourfellowhomosapien5448
2 жыл бұрын
0
@mattynek2
2 жыл бұрын
The
@speedwagon_69
2 жыл бұрын
Return to monke
@thehuman2861
2 жыл бұрын
That's why we are humans
*Everyone gangsta till they realize the only number in the whole world that has no value is the most complicated to understand*
@stixoimatizontas
3 жыл бұрын
Because it's literally the image of a set of nothing.
@doriangrigorie7345
3 жыл бұрын
@@stixoimatizontas and "nothing" doesnt exist, there is always something everywhere, no matter how empty the place looks. We can apply every number into our reality more or less, but not 0
@altheamantes2041
3 жыл бұрын
HI
@user-lh5hl4sv8z
3 жыл бұрын
@@doriangrigorie7345 What if the you’re unconscious and everything around you is nothing
@siegfriedstgo3545
3 жыл бұрын
@@doriangrigorie7345 if you want to go from point a to b but you need to pass trought c and c is in the Middle, an the through d that is in the Middle of c-d and we apply that to our physical World, theres infinite SPACE un any direction, we are sorrounded by complete emptines Sorry if I have grammar errors, my native lenguage isnt english
This is absolutely the best explanation that I've ever seen. Thank you very much!!
Finally! I can now in piece acceppt that this is not possible! Great explanation! Thank you!
@JeremyV-eh7qx
4 күн бұрын
Next lesson, English ?
"Imagine that you have zero cookies and you split them evenly among zero friends. How many cookies does each person get? See? It doesn't make sense. And Cookie Monster is sad that there are no cookies, and you are sad that you have no friends." -Siri September 17, 2014 - Present
@sainbaatar518
4 жыл бұрын
You are telling us about 0÷X=0 which is possible but we are talking about X÷0=Error here
@alberteinsteinscousin5966
4 жыл бұрын
Infinitely small
@fakenio242
4 жыл бұрын
sans I was late to the party
@CookieGal-
4 жыл бұрын
@@sainbaatar518 No he is talking about 0÷0. 0÷X is always 0. If you were to divide, say 2 by 0, you can never multiply 0 to get to 2. You would never share the 2 to anyone, and if you are inversing the multiplication to get 2 ÷ 0, you never had the 2 in the first place, so you couldn't possibly share it. You get caught in a loop, which is infinite, and I think that is why the logistical conclusion people come to when dividing by zero is infinity.
@PedroMartins-lv1um
4 жыл бұрын
@@sainbaatar518 0÷0 is also impossible, btw
Yes, and the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell
@HB-jf6yq
6 жыл бұрын
I despise comments like yours.
@Inthepurpledude
6 жыл бұрын
Ahh. The first meme.
@immaderpo5218
6 жыл бұрын
Yes, and the ribosomes are the factories of the cell, generating proteins.
@TheCocaKolya
6 жыл бұрын
-Why can't you? -yes.
@thecpt6265
6 жыл бұрын
and the energy currency of the cells is ATP , or Adenosine Tri-Phosphate
I enjoy watching this alot more than learning at school for exam
@Bruhh221
3 ай бұрын
hi :3 UwU
@Bruhh221
3 ай бұрын
upload more video ☹️☹️☹️
Square root of negative 1 is still called as imaginary number 😅 Btw very interesting and informative video. And one of the best thing about TED-ED is they literally make videos on every topic whether it's science, literature, economics anything.👍💙
@1three7
9 ай бұрын
One cool thing about i though is how it's used in quantum mechanics to describe the probabilistic wave function. It is used to get to exceptionally accurate numbers in the real world. It isn't just a weird math trick it is useful for tangible real world experiments which have given the most accurate scientific results in human history.
♾ next generation mathematicians breaking rule: The inverse of infinity is 8
@p3el_
2 жыл бұрын
Frickin' sideway 8, always breaking everything
@Bob_games100
2 жыл бұрын
Sideways 8 is infinite :/
@mattynek2
2 жыл бұрын
That's more like half of inverse
@bhartiyacreature4950
2 жыл бұрын
@@mattynek2 lol true
@BlastingRyan609
2 жыл бұрын
@@Bob_games100 r/woooooosh
When you realize that "0" is a portal to two different worlds one is positive and one is negative
@peaceluv3578
4 жыл бұрын
:0 the bizzaro world
@antoniobreaux1584
4 жыл бұрын
That’s deep dude
@josiah2070
4 жыл бұрын
r/showerthoughts
@a7a3lr5m6
4 жыл бұрын
It's portal like upside down!!
@loliprison7759
4 жыл бұрын
This is a big brain moment
I always thought that any number divided by 0 would equal 0 because any number times 0 is 0 and if you swapped the numbers around to divide it you'd get 0 ÷ any number is 0
@sheilak173
Жыл бұрын
Opposite way! 0÷1=0 but 1÷0= ?
@VeggieBoii
Жыл бұрын
@@sheilak173 I guess it would also be 0?
@sheilak173
Жыл бұрын
@@VeggieBoii pretty sure it's undefined
@abhilashasinha5186
Жыл бұрын
infinity or something else
@sheilak173
Жыл бұрын
@@abhilashasinha5186 yeah
I worked on the math work on division, multiplication and addition. 1:41 The thing is a example:12/2=6*2=12
Me: *solves the question* The whole universe: *collapses into itself*
@jpsned
3 жыл бұрын
I've had that same notion for a long time, too. 😀
@HauNguyen-ih7vk
3 жыл бұрын
Infinity × 0 = 0
@helldronez
3 жыл бұрын
well it's easy actually, you cant divide 8 pizza to noone right? you can't share pizza if there's noone to share. so the answer is you can't.
@chalking2641
3 жыл бұрын
@@helldronez yeah but you can eat it all by urself tho
@helldronez
3 жыл бұрын
@@chalking2641 thats true lmao, now i want 1 pizza damn
This one does not spark joy: you cant devide by zero This one sparks joy: Zero has no multiplicative inverse
@nathanjay4788
3 жыл бұрын
*INTERESTING*
@CaptainMarci104
3 жыл бұрын
And this is how the band joy division was formed.
@alvaromediano
3 жыл бұрын
One ? (No 1 aqui)
@aquaboi7818
3 жыл бұрын
um
@ItzTocaSiana
3 жыл бұрын
Divide*
Thanks for sharing!
also relevant is that its approaching -infinity from the other side making the graph of 1/x asymptotic at 0
Me explaining my parents after getting my maths exam result:- Let me explain you how 20=0 and 100=0 . Therefore we conclude that 20=100. You must be satisfied now
@khushboojha8738
3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@amnasrandomthoughts2373
3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😀
@svyrynsvodgorth7474
3 жыл бұрын
Gold
@krunaljethva90
2 жыл бұрын
If you're that smart how do you get 20 🤔
@anmolkotiyal6272
2 жыл бұрын
He is smart.....or wait....maybe he's not 😂
5 minutes of TED-Ed made math much more interesting than 13 years of school ever did.
@Dilindersinghc
2 жыл бұрын
😏😂👍
@sunshinegirl20064
2 жыл бұрын
That's hella true
@getsetgaming3475
2 жыл бұрын
True
@nihalr385
2 жыл бұрын
You just had a bad teacher
@fede_lcc2078
2 жыл бұрын
Getting tired of these kind of comments. The people who made this cool video also had to go through boring math and study pain before being able to distill such knowledge in a video. You can't compare formal education with entertainment videos as if one could replace the other
It is Illegal to Divide by Zero!
@therealms-9320
Ай бұрын
I’ve definitely should be in jail then. The amount of times when I was younger on the calculator and I put 0/0 is crazy.
im here to appreciate some amazing animation
“That’s not necessarily wrong, it’s just not true”
@MayMayCentre
2 жыл бұрын
In our world of numbers.
@monsieurandiant
2 жыл бұрын
"He is not necessarily dead, only his heart isn't beating."
@barelyprotestant5365
2 жыл бұрын
@@MayMayCentre that presupposes a particular philosophy of numbers.
@czyruszamora5309
2 жыл бұрын
I get that...true is not wrong
@thatrandomdev5039
2 жыл бұрын
I didn't lose, I merely failed to win!
That green-bearded man looked sad after hearing it was a story for another day. I would love to hear that story explained in such an affordable and picturesque way. Love your videos!!
@robertstuckey6407
6 жыл бұрын
That was Bernard Riemann. He was a pretty melancholy person throughout his life. His mathematics is super neat though!
@sunflower9481
6 жыл бұрын
Hahaha I didn't notice
@J48038
6 жыл бұрын
*all around me are familiar faces, worn out places*
@luciferangelica
6 жыл бұрын
J tell it to your bunny friend, donnie darko, and get me the reimann method!
@ashokgite4210
6 жыл бұрын
0 comes in set of whole number.
Great explanation
The proof by contradiction was fun to watch in the end!
"Two plus two is four." - Big Shaq
@rohitghosh466
3 жыл бұрын
Minus 3 that's freaking maths
@voxtemporis4503
3 жыл бұрын
"2 + 2 = 5." - George Orwell
@imcloud305
3 жыл бұрын
1+0= Babies
@Jiminpurple76
3 жыл бұрын
∞=0n Me
@Yellowduck89
3 жыл бұрын
6÷0=?
Nice try, but we all know 0 ÷ 0 = ERROR
@Wakwaw796
5 жыл бұрын
no. is 1
@bestovtime9175
5 жыл бұрын
@@Wakwaw796 so nothing : nothing = 1 nothingness??
@Wakwaw796
5 жыл бұрын
I dont know more... Lol
@myheartwillstopinjoy8142
5 жыл бұрын
@@Wakwaw796 no, 0÷0 isn't =1
@mominmustafa8164
5 жыл бұрын
No its Syntax Error the OG
Fact: Only Chuck Norris' calculator properly shows dividing by zero
Ty for the answer
*Holds up no fingers "How many fingers am I holding up?" *"infinite"*
@wen5942
5 жыл бұрын
Wholesome Lad made my day That i was about to end
@johnfreefirekennedy9711
5 жыл бұрын
*wear infinity gauntlet*
@Razorcarl
5 жыл бұрын
HhAHha
@cattoO_O
5 жыл бұрын
Sans is dead and We killed him 😁😂
@giothefew4300
5 жыл бұрын
XD
Take 10$ Divide it with all your friends Since you have no friends 10÷0= infinity Now you have infinite money PROBLEM SOLVED...
@wx971
5 жыл бұрын
Well You are present so divide it by 1 😂😂
@destroyercrush1052
5 жыл бұрын
Utsav Mishra Unless you’re inside out. You wouldn’t count as 1 but -1
@fadhil4008
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it'll be infinite money. But it isnt your money my dude
@fadhil4008
5 жыл бұрын
If you aren't present yourself. You wouldn't get the money. Bcz at first, that money is for your friends only
@josephmarcolopez7824
5 жыл бұрын
why there is no "HAHA" react???
1÷0 is indivisible, but I also read that 1/0 is used to represent infinity. And what is the standard in programming? When a 1÷0 or N÷0 situation occurred, what is the standard way to handle that? Return an error occurred and skip it or just skip it? or used an error capture algorithm?
2:50 - opening up a whole now world of hard homework. Jokes aside, this was really interesting.
Teacher :- How can we kill students? Mathematicians :- Yes
@totallynotafanficreader7850
3 жыл бұрын
The length of the knife used to stab their students? 1 ÷ 0
@user-vt5ik1xi7l
3 жыл бұрын
@@totallynotafanficreader7850 🤣
@Perririri
3 жыл бұрын
Normie
@Buggy-sc6un
3 жыл бұрын
:-
@benurm2390
3 жыл бұрын
@@totallynotafanficreader7850 1 knife divided by 0 students because they all ran away
"Imagine that you have 0 cookies and you split them evenly among 0 friends. How many cookies does each person get? See, it doesn't make sense. And Cookie Monster is sad that there are no cookies. And you are sad that you have no friends." - Siri, 2018
@sakashrimpy
5 жыл бұрын
Eric Lee indeed
@janariver3450
5 жыл бұрын
My God Siri 😂😂😂😂
@emc246
5 жыл бұрын
@Eric Lee But she has probably said it at least once in 2018.
@Magnezium7
5 жыл бұрын
Yes, I have 0 cookies and 0 friends
@yashshejwal7791
5 жыл бұрын
Asked by Ramanujan ages ago
This shook my whole idea of maths and now my head is spinning.
1:16 omg I never thought of the symbol a something split in half like that!
The best explanation I've seen is when you graph the negative numbers too. You'll see that at zero the y value tends toward both positive and negative infinity at the same time
@fahrenheit2101
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I was annoyed that they didn't flag it up.
@luk1416
Жыл бұрын
That's how my Algebra teacher explained it
@animezoneamv9116
Жыл бұрын
@@luk1416 You have separate teachers for algebra and geometry?
@luk1416
Жыл бұрын
@@animezoneamv9116 I'm not taking a geometry class
@jackmatchett1805
Жыл бұрын
so 0?
The multiplicative inverse could also be called “Reciprocal”
@AwaisKhan-mh6cd
5 жыл бұрын
exactly
@AYUSHGAMEROFFICIAL
4 жыл бұрын
Both are same
@Anonymous-pr3gr
4 жыл бұрын
Not could. They are equal.
@medielijah
4 жыл бұрын
Such a smartass comment...
@caringheart34
4 жыл бұрын
I thought that the multiplicative inverse is applied to whole numbers only and reciprocals to fractions... But yeah same answer.
Sensible explanation, but you cannot use Multiplicative Property of Equality for operations involving infinity. MPE is limited to finite real numbers, not infinity.
4:03: It's all zero? Always has been
@deadchannel5933
3 жыл бұрын
Wait, lemme fix it for you: "Wait, it's all zero?" *"Always has been"* **proccedes to pow pow**
@jaison7094
3 жыл бұрын
0 ?! 🔫
@king_ian_yt
3 жыл бұрын
Pico
@austinlincoln3414
3 жыл бұрын
xD
Maths Teacher : "So, one equals two" Me: "Oddly enough, that's not mathematically wrong"
@chongjunxiang3002
4 жыл бұрын
Now that 2+2=5 is making sense.
@davidgumazon
3 жыл бұрын
You can divide zero by reality warping The boundary between zero and something is division By that logic you can divide a nonexistence with existence Existence of Boundary
@aklsamaan7622
3 жыл бұрын
*Listen!* Math is useless! Not everything, + × ÷ - are usefull, but things like 2x+3y=10, thats just useless, they tell us its usefull, but look at my mom and dad! They were the best in their classes and now they don't even think about math
@marcovoetberg6618
3 жыл бұрын
@@aklsamaan7622 Except of course that it isn't. Just because you, or your mom and dad cannot find uses for math doesn't mean there aren't any. Every time you drive your car or take an airplane or use your mobile phone or use any other piece of technology you are using the fruits of math.
@johannoas1
3 жыл бұрын
If you can explain it why it is not wrong, then maybe the teacher might give you some points. But usually you use the given rules of "normal" maths where it is in fact wrong for your problem
I watched this while eating quesadillas. I still taste it.
You are very interesting like you changed my thinking about this
“If you split 0 pieces of pizza between 1 friend how much would each friend get?" 0 “If you split 1 piece of pizza between 0 friends how much would each friend get?" Wait a sec
@bootypluderer
2 жыл бұрын
And If you split 1 friend between 2 people , you’ll be sent to federal prison. Math is hard.
@thepixelatedpie
2 жыл бұрын
@@bootypluderer I actually laughed out loud when I read this
@soniahurtado9778
2 жыл бұрын
1 because ur the only one left :)
@aisonjosephthomas6854
2 жыл бұрын
@@soniahurtado9778 he has no friends BRUH
@nickmorris6020
2 жыл бұрын
The universe ceases to exist
-I'm gonna live dangerous from now. -How? Are you gonna go live alone, without anybody and be independent? -No, i'm gonna divide numbers by 0. - ...
@terminatroll-_-3269
5 жыл бұрын
*divide by zero, start autocombustion* wha-
@kate00san
4 жыл бұрын
be good, start stuff like hippasus created irrational numbers.
I see division as not only splitting it up but also repeated subtraction. Dividing a number by zero is asking how many zeros it takes to get that number to zero
X/0 can be applied to calculating the surface area of a sphere as well as calculating the density of a singularity
“Imagine you have zero cookies and you split them among zero friends how many cookies does each person get? See? It doesn’t make sense, and cookie monster is sad that there are no cookies, and you are sad because you have no friends.”
@teresabautista836
5 жыл бұрын
Hi Siri
@meh7272
5 жыл бұрын
Nah
@peacelover21
5 жыл бұрын
We can split infinite zero cookies among infinite zero friends
@darkjanissary5718
5 жыл бұрын
It is simple: 0 / 0 = 0
@funnyguy1059
5 жыл бұрын
Ace Kermitcat nice the Siri line of when you ask her what’s 0 divided by 0?
This is how my algebra Professor explained it and I still remember till to this day. Probably the best math teacher I have ever had.
@wren_.
Жыл бұрын
what if we make 1/0 equal some made up number? if 1/0=U, problem solved
@Marendra_Nody
Жыл бұрын
Looks like he once counted zebra. After counting all he counted Allzebra.🤣🤣🤣
@Xgil2Play
8 ай бұрын
Yet another example that explaining "why", is the best way to teach.
ted ed: fully explains y u cant divide by zero me as a kid: u cant because u have nobody to share the cookies with
I accidentally divided by zero while doing homework when exhausted. My whole notebook burst into flames.
"Riemann, a mathematician so wise and so powerful, he could influence mathematics to divide ... by zero." "Can this power be learned?" "Not from this video."
@thoggerspass6282
5 жыл бұрын
Ironic, he could save others from being divided by zero, but not himself.
@Dayserking
5 жыл бұрын
I know what’s troubling you, listen to me. Don’t continue to be a pawn of real numbers!
@lampoilropebombs0640
4 жыл бұрын
I just generated the exact same thought as a 7th grader
When you have 5 minutes until your math test but you still want entertainment:
@waitwut.2749
3 жыл бұрын
Underrated comment 🙁
@animaldocumentary8423
2 жыл бұрын
@@waitwut.2749 underrated indeed
@rodanthekingofskies9446
2 жыл бұрын
Underrated confirmed it is indeed and underrated comment
@faiq006
2 жыл бұрын
@@rodanthekingofskies9446 I agree
@faiq006
2 жыл бұрын
@@waitwut.2749 yeahh
3:41 me when Im in math exam(sometimes...)
I was wondering why they didn't just make new rules. 3 minutes in and my hopes and dreams are crushed XD
@tonysparks1682
Жыл бұрын
I made new rules check this out lol... The recent discovery of net energy gain produced in a fusion reaction made me realize I discovered the formula for cold fusion a while ago. Here is the equation... 0^a * 0^b = a * b This means... 0^1 * 0^1 = 1 * 1 Which means... 0 * 0 = 1 * 1 Which also means ... 0 * 0 = 1 I'm attempting to highlight there is a spectrum to what we call nothing or what we mathematically denote to be 0. Conceptually speaking, what we call/describe as nothing physically holds energy and this is proven by zero field energy or the fact that absolute zero still has yet to be discovered to naturally exist in this universe. This math is a product of my attempt to mathematically describe the energy stored in vacuums of space we tend to call nothing. Here is the math/formula that lead to this conclusion... x/0 = 0^x If you solve for x then... x = 0^x * 0 If x = 1 then that means... 1 = 0^1 * 0 Which also means... 1 = 0^1 * 0^1 Because I'm still a mathematician, i will still acknowledge and say... 1*1 = 1 So due to the transitive property and continuing with the equation above, this must be true... 1*1 = 0^1 * 0^1 Which lead me to the conclusion... a * b = 0^a * 0^b Or... 0^a * 0^b = a * b ( You should be aware I've taken Algebra 1 and 2 and AB Calculus and I'm still saying what I'm saying. If you disagree with my use of exponential notation, my algebraic logic is still sound.) Thank you -Tony Sparks😁😎🤑
@nutronstar45
Жыл бұрын
@@tonysparks1682 im currently trying to dissect this incoherent comment edit: your algebraic logic is basically nonexistent
@noahfields9046
Жыл бұрын
@@tonysparks1682 > x/0 = 0^x This is wrong and any steps that involved it as a hypothesis are unsound. 0^a * 0^b = a * b This is nonsensical. 0^a = 0 * 0 * ... [a times] ... 0 = 0. Your formula holds if and only if a * b = 0, and your second step - assuming a = b = 1 - is thus unsound. I don't know what algebra courses you've taken, but if they did not make the fact that this is completely incorrect mathematics clear, they weren't very good.
It's just a bug. Maybe in the next universe update, we can divide by zero.
@kappapond
6 жыл бұрын
Hilmi Dzul Lol
@diamondkane5101
6 жыл бұрын
Don't push the glitch the universe might crash
@MrKahlil1001
6 жыл бұрын
This comment deserves like 300, 500 likes like the rest of those witty perceptions to this video
@yu5016
6 жыл бұрын
Omg I saw herobrine.
@minhaophu3289
6 жыл бұрын
+Scientific Skyfire Δ did someone take your money?
I actually searched for a video explaining this because I saw a quadratic equation in which 4 was taken common and below 0 so as to cancel 4. So what I thought was taking the quadratic below 0 but I realized my mistake.
as always, their animator is so good 😀
I tried to divide by zero once Had to find another univerve soon after mine was destroyed
@TheIndogamer
6 жыл бұрын
I tried the same but I ended up making another universe
@Inthepurpledude
6 жыл бұрын
Raihan Purboyo oh u must've divided by infinity then.
@zzzzz28
6 жыл бұрын
Brb amma type 0÷0 in cal
@hafsa.boumihafsaboumi1705
6 жыл бұрын
The Ace Of Spades so did I and then I tried to look for new eyes cuz mine were plucked by the teacher X)
@geralferald
6 жыл бұрын
Identity of Rick Sanchez confirmed
"Imagine you know nothing about infinity" done and done.
@ikimiyu
2 жыл бұрын
infinity ♾
@MegaSolo83
2 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@FLS9083
2 жыл бұрын
I mean all this mess created by humans anyway universe doesn't know anything
@skullmastergamer
2 жыл бұрын
Since the time of the ancient Greeks, the philosophical nature of infinity was the subject of many discussions among philosophers. In the 17th century, with the introduction of the infinity symbol[1] and the infinitesimal calculus, mathematicians began to work with infinite series and what some mathematicians (including l'Hôpital and Bernoulli)[2] regarded as infinitely small quantities, but infinity continued to be associated with endless processes.[3] As mathematicians struggled with the foundation of calculus, it remained unclear whether infinity could be considered as a number or magnitude and, if so, how this could be done.[1] At the end of the 19th century, Georg Cantor enlarged the mathematical study of infinity by studying infinite sets and infinite numbers, showing that they can be of various sizes.[1][4] For example, if a line is viewed as the set of all of its points, their infinite number (i.e., the cardinality of the line) is larger than the number of integers.[5] In this usage, infinity is a mathematical concept, and infinite mathematical objects can be studied, manipulated, and used just like any other mathematical object. The mathematical concept of infinity refines and extends the old philosophical concept, in particular by introducing infinitely many different sizes of infinite sets. Among the axioms of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory, on which most of modern mathematics can be developed, is the axiom of infinity, which guarantees the existence of infinite sets.[1] The mathematical concept of infinity and the manipulation of infinite sets are used everywhere in mathematics, even in areas such as combinatorics that may seem to have nothing to do with them. For example, Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem implicitly relies on the existence of very large infinite sets[6] for solving a long-standing problem that is stated in terms of elementary arithmetic. Yes, I copied that off of Wikipedia
@mamacito1795
2 жыл бұрын
@@skullmastergamer wow. Amazing that u gave me all that info and I STILL know nothing about infinity
i remember watching this when i was in 4th grade bruh ig i can now make a slight critique with how u couldve improved on the visuals there in some of the math parts, i wouldve appreciated that back then lmao
Another issue with defining division by zero to be infinity involves rational functions where one side of the limit approaches infinity and the other side approaches negative infinity.
“If you divide by zero, the universe explodes” -my math teacher, 2021
@richarddeschambault3696
Жыл бұрын
And the internet explodes with conspiracy theories!!!!
@Carrymejane
3 ай бұрын
@@richarddeschambault3696nice!
because there's a fine line between a numerator and a denominator...
@cedricmalfoy2311
6 жыл бұрын
Software Man haha
@ok-wi7kt
6 жыл бұрын
Software Man Back into the cave you go
@mikhailhemmings3789
6 жыл бұрын
Software Man nice
@aden3113
6 жыл бұрын
hahaha
@Azure_Veins
6 жыл бұрын
And the division is clear in that..
This video made math so much fun
This blew my mind
I sometimes get a bit of amusement out of testing how various caculators respond to division by 0. Most just say "Error", but my favourite response has to be "MyScript Calculator", which uses hand-drawn symbols as input: The app recognises hand-drawn symbols and translates them to computer-written symbols, but when I write something like "0/0", it autocompletes to "0/(0+?)", as if the calculation is incomplete. Basically, the app just assumes that I'm not done writing the expression, and refuses to give any answer until I do. It makes the app seem so sassy. "Oh, you have a 0 in the denominator? Well, that doesn't make any sense, so you MUST not be finished writing yet. Go ahead and write some more. I'm waiting."
@user-ut7wi1if9q
5 жыл бұрын
Love that
@HunterZx
5 жыл бұрын
That's because of discrete maths, a computer can't divide by 0 (basically if you have the algorithm will go into an infinite loop, and the quotient will grow larger and larger until it exhausts all available memory and your computer is going to die), so basically it's a way to prevent an error and the destruction of your device haha
@Rick-od8oh
5 жыл бұрын
hilarious
@starfire_xi
5 жыл бұрын
Lol awesome
@winterrain1947
5 жыл бұрын
Sounds like your calculator is related to KITT
This is quite helpful for my engineering maths
@krishanu1729
6 жыл бұрын
Timothy Kong oh you young soul....
@thepunisher1665
6 жыл бұрын
Timothy Kong how?
@mmukulkhedekar4752
6 жыл бұрын
yeah how??...does it help???
@sgaxnikolaix661
6 жыл бұрын
Same fam... 4th year Mechanical Engineer with two minors in Renewable Energy and Mathematics
@24canidkasi
6 жыл бұрын
Not sure if bait, but limits of functions that divide by 0 are used everywhere in calculus, explicitly or not.
So, what do you need the square root with negative one to get I?
For me it make sense if you write it differently, not “infinity = 1/0” but “0=1/infinity “ essentially the same but solves the problem with 1=2 cause there will be 2/infinity
Nothing can equal infinity, because infinity is not a number, but a concept. You can approach infinity, but you can't reach it because it isn't a real number.
@rixtrojan7833
5 жыл бұрын
say something new, 'cause my maths teacher has told me that infinite times
@indomtm4x100
5 жыл бұрын
Infinite is a concept of how numbers wont stop or u can say forever
@1nkFalcon
5 жыл бұрын
🤔
@adammalik6453
5 жыл бұрын
Steve infinity war
@shyshka_
5 жыл бұрын
Is math artificial, or part of nature?
When he started talking about what multiplication and division _are,_ I thought he was going to touch on how if 2 x 5 = 10 and 10 ÷ 5 = 2, that means that if you add 2 five times, or have five groups of 2, you have 10, and if you separate 10 into 5 groups, you have 2 in each. So if you want to divide 10 by 0, that would be like saying you want to split 10 things into groups with 0 in them, and how many groups do you have? Or in reverse, how many groups of 0 things would it take to add up to 10? Well, neither one is physically possible.
@Llortnerof
3 жыл бұрын
Physically possible is pretty irrelevant to math, though. That's something for physicists and engineers to worry about. You can define a math where dividing through 0 is possible. You're probably going to have to give up some other features the more common ones have, like the distributive property or multiplicative inverses, and it might not be terribly intuitive. But it is hardly impossible. Dividing by 0 isn't forbidden, it's just not defined in the default math most people learn.
@matrixphijr
3 жыл бұрын
@@Llortnerof R/iamverysmart? Okay, but physicists and engineers _literally use math._ The reason math exists as it does is because of the world we live in. Universal constants in physics and astronomy were designed to allow us to mathematically calculate things we can't or don't have time or resources to study. And the results contribute to real-world projects. How do engineers build structures that can withstand hurricane force wind? Well, they have to calculate certain numbers and dimensions... with math. Force, vector, friction -- they're all real concepts translated into mathematical form in order to quantify them. Math does hold true because we made it that way. Sure, we could make it _not_ that way, but that wouldn't make much sense, literally or figuratively. So I really don't get the point of calling out my post by saying it's only one kind of math. Math is math. There's only one. If you wanted to "define a math" where other things are possible, that would mean changing math. Sure, you could say dividing by zero is possible, but when an apple falls from a tree, you wouldn't be able to calculate how long it takes to reach the ground. Also, when I say "physically possible," that's not the same as saying things are _impossible,_ just that they translate to real-world concepts. The square root of -1 is pretty impossible, but mathematicians still use it because it's useful in complex calculations. That's why there's a differentiation between those so-called "complex" numbers (some of which are real, some of which aren't) and just plain "real" numbers. Those are separate _branches_ of mathematics, if that's what you meant. I'm not really sure.
@Llortnerof
3 жыл бұрын
@@matrixphijr You're still working in the realm of physicists and engineers, not math. Math is an entirely abstract, logical construct completely detached from physical reality. Your physical constants are merely how these things are represented in mathematical terms. They weren't devised so math could be used on them. They are the result of using math to describe these things. Math holds true because it is entirely based on logical conclusions from a set of predefined axioms. Defining a math does not mean "changing math". It means creating a new math. The regular math you're used to still exists besides it. Math is essentially a language. Defining a new math is similar to creating a new dialect. What you're calling "seperate branches" is all first semester university math. By second year a math student will already have dealt with maths way more complex than that and may well have built a simple one themself. And, uh... impossible literally means "not possible". So if you're saying something is not physically possible, you're saying it is physically impossible.
@matrixphijr
3 жыл бұрын
@@Llortnerof It's no wonder you compare it to a language, since you're a master of twisting words. Look, I'm not having an argument about this. You realize you responded to a comment breaking down why 2 x 5 = 10 with a bunch of rambling nonsense about creating a new system of math where you can divide by zero? And frankly, my dude, there's a reason no one's done that already -- actually, two -- because it would have no bearing on reality and therefore no use whatsoever, and honestly, no one cares. To borrow your ideology, it would be like creating a language that no one speaks.
@Llortnerof
3 жыл бұрын
@@matrixphijr All you're showing here is that you have a very limited understanding of math. Everything you're claiming is pointless? Has already been done, often multiple times, and at least once simply to show that it can be done. Including creating new languages nobody speaks. In fact, that's kinda the default for a newly created language since it is new and thus doesn't have any speakers yet. Hasn't stopped people from not only creating a propper grammar for, but also translating Shakespeare into its original Klingon.
The multiplicative inverse is also known as the reciprocal if I remember correctly.
The problem is that if we to compute lim as x-> 0 of a function like 10/x or any function of type (k/x) where k belongs to R , we get negative infinity if we approach from the left and positive infinity if we approach from the right 😢
In Soviet Russia, zero divides by you
@deepaksinghairy7885
5 жыл бұрын
Zero divides by WE
@glanni
5 жыл бұрын
@@deepaksinghairy7885 it's funny because everybody gets nothing
@deepaksinghairy7885
5 жыл бұрын
@@glanni not everyone We gets nothing
@glanni
5 жыл бұрын
@@deepaksinghairy7885 please excuse my wrong use of words 🤣
@deepaksinghairy7885
5 жыл бұрын
@@glanni not my instead use Our
“multiplicative inverse” reciprocal: *am i a joke to you?*
HEY ALL GUYS!!! i got i question, at the vedio explain 0*∞+0*∞,he combine (0+0) to multiply ∞ , the(0+0) equal to 2*0,so the consequence is 2*0*∞ equal to 2 in his defination!
Suggested video title: How to disrupt the space-time continuum
@danielahortua5865
5 жыл бұрын
Hahaha😂
I did this in my school days, never thought someone will represent it in such a beautiful way.
@ikimiyu
2 жыл бұрын
:)
Not me after watching this video getting ready to argue with my math teacher
I think we should use þ (thorn) as the symbol to represent the multiplicative inverse of 0, and we could use it in such a way like this: 1/0 = þ 476/0 = 476þ 0/0 = 0þ (or just 0) x/0 = xþ þ/0 = þ^2
I like how much detail this goes into while still being concise
TED-Ed - giving answers to questions I didn’t even know I wanted answered! 💛
@feynstein1004
6 жыл бұрын
Lol aren't you a biologist though? I love physics and even I find math to be too abstract at times.
@azmeriliza3788
6 жыл бұрын
Science with Katie u changed your profile pic? previous one was better
@naingchanmyae
6 жыл бұрын
Lol you are everywhere!
@santhoshvardhan6603
6 жыл бұрын
Heyyy, you again. You had 1k subs when I first saw you, now you're at 5k. Great change
@THE16THPHANTOM
6 жыл бұрын
you are everywhere... there last 3 videos clicked your comments where trending at the top.
You break maths = Some great award and get taught on schools You break maths without being a mathematician = F in your exam. Well there's now rules for how to break rules, isn't it amazing
SIR, CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHICH SOFTWARE YOU HAVE USED IN THIS VIDEO.....
The female character has a hairpin that's shaped like the division sign.
@ranaahmad1461
4 жыл бұрын
I thought it was a bandage....
@Aorkas
4 жыл бұрын
How dare you assume his/her/it/alloftheabove gender¿¿¿¿ #triggered
@darishdias
4 жыл бұрын
Thats called detailed animation
@skydevil
4 жыл бұрын
thats a cute little detail
@AB-hr4qg
4 жыл бұрын
and the other scientist has hair that was divided by zero
Mathematicians : Can you divide zero by zero? Kid: No Mathematicians : And do you know why? Kid: Because i don't know division 😞😞
@grottjam
4 жыл бұрын
You can divide by zero if the numerator is zero.
@grottjam
4 жыл бұрын
@schmuck Norris No // Studying to technical physics and electro technique engineer
@grottjam
4 жыл бұрын
@schmuck Norris it's 0, not 1
@i_like_treins3449
4 жыл бұрын
So sad =(
@JackSparrow-qf4bx
4 жыл бұрын
So Funny!See the video Of The Animated Knowledge Channel search "The Animated Knowledge Divide by Zero". I loved that video !hope you will also