INFINITY

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TO INFINITY AND ZERO!


Nothing is forever. Our little heads can't comprehend the idea of something lasting forever. In math, we use this symbol to represent forever: ∞

Did you know that x/∞ is always 0? (x is not a number. x means that it is an unknown number and we are using it for general use) Let's say you have an x amount of bread. (Let's say x is 8 for now.)

You have 8 loaves. If you share the bread among two people, each person has 4. With 4 people, each person gets 2 loaves. With 16 people, each person gets half a loaf. When there are more people, each person gets less bread. If there are an infinite amount of people, each person gets nothing (you still split the bread for them).

x/0 is ∞, or is it? If you have 4 loaves of bread and you split it with 1,000 people, each person gets 0.004 of a piece of bread. If we share it with fewer people, each person gets more bread. If we share it with no one, no one will get anything. Should x/0=0? No. No one will get any number of bread, so no one will have a range of ∞ bread. 

x/0 is still unofficial and many say not to waste your time solving the problem.  Thank you for reading!

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