[MD] self: agent of action & thinker of thoughts

[Steven Peterson]

Hi Joe,

To say that 6/2=3 is to say that 3*2=6. In general to say that a/b=c
means that b*c=a.Therefore, to say that 2/0=c (for some c) would mean
that 0*c=2. But 0 times anything would be 0. There is nothing we could
multiply 0 by to get 2, so 2/0 is undefined.

Best,
Steve

On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Joseph  Maurer <jhmau at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> How can you  add, subract, multiply 1 by 0, and not divide 1 by 0?  A
> failure in rigorous logic?
>
> Joe