orosmatthew
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So I made up this problem and tried to find an answer and I got something strange. The Problem in 0x=3 What does "x" equal? I decided to have a go at what i could find out. Here is what I did. I put a solvable problem on the right with doing the same thing to what I am doing to the "impossible" problem. (separated by dashes)
0x=3 ------------------- 2x=6
Divide by 0 on each side but you can divide by zero but whatever the answer of 3/0 would be it would be equal to x.
I replaced x with 3/0.
0(3/0)=3------------------- 2(6/2) = 6
Distributive Property now.
0 * 3 / 0 * 0 = 3------------------- 2 * 6 / 2 * 2 = 6
I got...
0/0 = x ------------------- 12/4 = x
But when you do 0 * 0 / 0 you get 0/0 not 3 but it works with the solvable problem.
0 * 0 / 0 = 0/0------------------- 2 * 12/4 = 6
So what I get as a final answer is that 0/0 equals 3 but 3 can be any number so is 0/0 equal to every number???
Please tell me what I am doing wrong, thanks!
0x=3 ------------------- 2x=6
Divide by 0 on each side but you can divide by zero but whatever the answer of 3/0 would be it would be equal to x.
I replaced x with 3/0.
0(3/0)=3------------------- 2(6/2) = 6
Distributive Property now.
0 * 3 / 0 * 0 = 3------------------- 2 * 6 / 2 * 2 = 6
I got...
0/0 = x ------------------- 12/4 = x
But when you do 0 * 0 / 0 you get 0/0 not 3 but it works with the solvable problem.
0 * 0 / 0 = 0/0------------------- 2 * 12/4 = 6
So what I get as a final answer is that 0/0 equals 3 but 3 can be any number so is 0/0 equal to every number???
Please tell me what I am doing wrong, thanks!