Friday, October 16, 2009

Poem: Division by Zero

Isn’t zero mysterious?
You are allowed to multiply by zero,
But not divide by zero.

Say we have 3 * 0 = 0,
The rule of multiplication indicates,
We should get 0 / 0 = 3.

But we also have 7 * 0 = 0,
And we get 0 / 0 = 7.
Does that mean 3 = 7?

Continuing this pattern we will get,
1 = 2 = 3 = 4 = 5 = 6 = 7 = 8 = 9 = many more. Huh?
Oh, how wondrous zero can do to math!

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