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    1. 09-30-2008 02:26 AM #26
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      there are 4 types of functions: real or imaginary, defined or undefined

      y = x : real and defined
      y = x^2 / (x - 5) : real but undefined at x = 5
      y = √x : imaginary for x < 0, but defined
      y = √x / (x + 5) : imaginary and undefined at x = -5
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    2. 09-30-2008 02:30 AM #27
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      I know that.

      What I am asking is why there are different answers to the same equation at given steps.

      r*24=0

      This is only true when r = 0

      Yet,

      r = 24/0 is undefined. But it is a step in the previous equation.

      WHY?
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    3. 09-30-2008 02:32 AM #28
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      No it isn't, it would be r = 0/24.
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    5. 09-30-2008 03:11 AM #30
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      Quote Originally Posted by DuB View Post
      No it isn't, it would be r = 0/24.
      That's what I said ten posts ago...
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    7. 09-30-2008 10:17 PM #32
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      Most of this topic has hinged on the original poster's algebra mistake.

      If anyone thinks 24/0 = 0 then prove it. Correctly.

      In the meantime, read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_by_zero first section, please.

      There is no substance to this topic, we shall let it die.
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