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Title: A Question - Divide by 2
Post by: atomic7732 on February 23, 2009, 05:50:27 PM
If you divide any number by 2 repetedly will you reach 0?
Title: Re: A Question
Post by: avadod on February 23, 2009, 06:38:40 PM
no you wouldn't it would be one not zero
Title: Re: A Question
Post by: avadod on February 23, 2009, 06:51:13 PM
if you divide by 2 it would never reach 0
Title: Re: A Question
Post by: atomic7732 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 ...
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Post by: FGFG 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  :-X
Title: Re: A Question
Post by: avadod on February 24, 2009, 07:13:57 PM
why did you make this part of the topic for
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Post by: avadod on February 24, 2009, 07:14:20 PM
if you already know it
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Post by: atomic7732 on February 25, 2009, 07:18:22 AM
cause somone else asked me and I am proving i tto them
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Post by: Dan Dixon 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?
Title: Re: A Question
Post by: monmarfori on March 16, 2009, 02:48:11 AM
120/56 = 2.1428571428571428571428571428571
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Post by: atomic7732 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...
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Post by: monmarfori on March 16, 2009, 04:32:21 PM
But i used Calculator to make the correct number
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Post by: monmarfori on March 23, 2009, 10:44:23 PM
√59049 = 243
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Post by: monmarfori on April 06, 2009, 03:13:00 AM
i made a number which repeats the other section
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Post by: Bernier77 on May 05, 2009, 02:55:57 PM
I can divide by zero.  ;D

OH NO!  SYNTAX ERRO-
Title: Re: A Question - Divide by 2
Post by: Darvince on November 07, 2010, 05:08:06 PM
Lol neutron you failed back then.
Title: Re: A Question - Divide by 2
Post by: atomic7732 on November 07, 2010, 05:30:47 PM
?
Title: Re: A Question - Divide by 2
Post by: Darvince on November 07, 2010, 05:31:57 PM
thinking 0.25/2=0.05 and 0.025/2=0.005
Title: Re: A Question - Divide by 2
Post by: atomic7732 on November 07, 2010, 05:33:41 PM
lolwat?
Title: Re: A Question - Divide by 2
Post by: Naru523 on November 07, 2010, 08:13:56 PM
I divided by zero.
Title: Re: A Question - Divide by 2
Post by: atomic7732 on November 07, 2010, 08:17:57 PM
No! I did!
Title: Re: A Question - Divide by 2
Post by: Naru523 on November 07, 2010, 08:19:13 PM
Nope.
Title: Re: A Question - Divide by 2
Post by: Darvince on November 07, 2010, 09:17:19 PM
275 / 0 = What the heck my brain collapsed
Title: Re: A Question - Divide by 2
Post by: deoxy99 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