Author Topic: A Question - Divide by 2 (Read 10008 times)

atomic7732 · « **on:** February 23, 2009, 05:50:27 PM »

If you divide any number by 2 repetedly will you reach 0?

avadod · « **Reply #1 on:** February 23, 2009, 06:38:40 PM »

no you wouldn't it would be one not zero

avadod · « **Reply #2 on:** February 23, 2009, 06:51:13 PM »

if you divide by 2 it would never reach 0

atomic7732 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 23, 2009, 07:14:04 PM »

Quote from: avadod on February 23, 2009, 06:51:13 PM

if you divide by 2 it would never reach 0

yeah, 1 = .5 = .25 = .05 = .025 = .005 = .0025 = .0005 = .00025 = .00005 ...

FGFG · « **Reply #4 on:** February 24, 2009, 04:05:55 AM »

it will tend to zero...

If you go on dividing per 2 forever it will tend to become zero.

Sry i don't know very much of "mathematical" english

avadod · « **Reply #5 on:** February 24, 2009, 07:13:57 PM »

why did you make this part of the topic for

avadod · « **Reply #6 on:** February 24, 2009, 07:14:20 PM »

if you already know it

atomic7732 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 25, 2009, 07:18:22 AM »

cause somone else asked me and I am proving i tto them

Dan Dixon · « **Reply #8 on:** February 25, 2009, 05:41:10 PM »

Here's what you're looking for:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymptote

The graph shows this:

f(x) = 1/x

Where x=2:
f(x) = 1/2 = .5

Where x=4:
f(x) = (1/2)/2 = 1/4 = .25

Where x=8:
f(x) = ((1/2)/2)/2) = 1/8 = .125

etc...

Does that help?

monmarfori · « **Reply #9 on:** March 16, 2009, 02:48:11 AM »

120/56 = 2.1428571428571428571428571428571

atomic7732 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 16, 2009, 09:59:30 AM »

Quote from: monmarfori on March 16, 2009, 02:48:11 AM

120/56 = 2.1428571428571428571428571428571

I get that pattern when you divide an munber that doesn't go into 7 equally by 7.

55/7=7.857142857142857...
103/7=14.7142857142857...

monmarfori · « **Reply #11 on:** March 16, 2009, 04:32:21 PM »

But i used Calculator to make the correct number

monmarfori · « **Reply #12 on:** March 23, 2009, 10:44:23 PM »

√59049 = 243

monmarfori · « **Reply #13 on:** April 06, 2009, 03:13:00 AM »

i made a number which repeats the other section

Bernier77 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 05, 2009, 02:55:57 PM »

I can divide by zero.

OH NO! SYNTAX ERRO-

Darvince · « **Reply #15 on:** November 07, 2010, 05:08:06 PM »

Lol neutron you failed back then.

atomic7732 · « **Reply #16 on:** November 07, 2010, 05:30:47 PM »

Darvince · « **Reply #17 on:** November 07, 2010, 05:31:57 PM »

thinking 0.25/2=0.05 and 0.025/2=0.005

atomic7732 · « **Reply #18 on:** November 07, 2010, 05:33:41 PM »

lolwat?

Naru523 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 07, 2010, 08:13:56 PM »

I divided by zero.

atomic7732 · « **Reply #20 on:** November 07, 2010, 08:17:57 PM »

No! I did!

Naru523 · « **Reply #21 on:** November 07, 2010, 08:19:13 PM »

Nope.

Darvince · « **Reply #22 on:** November 07, 2010, 09:17:19 PM »

275 / 0 = What the heck my brain collapsed

deoxy99 · « **Reply #23 on:** November 27, 2010, 05:31:09 PM »

Quote from: Darvince on November 07, 2010, 09:17:19 PM

275 / 0 = What the heck my brain collapsed

It's actually possible to divide by zero, but the answer will be complex infinity. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ComplexInfinity.html