Posted: Nov 12, 2018 2:17 pm
scherado wrote:Another thing I remember from college-days is that multiplication is addition by a different name: 7 x 3 = 7 + 7 + 7.
For division, we have subtraction by a different name: For 6/2, we subtract 2 from 6, take the reduced value and repeat UNTIL we either reach 0 or there's not enough remaining; count the number of iterations:
6 - 2 = 4
4 - 2 = 2
2 - 2 = 0
3 times we subtracted 2: 6/2 = 3
Now, do the same for 3/0:
3 - 0 = 3
3 - 0 = 3 ...
Infinite iterations.
There's that pesky infinity, again. (Not whistling Dixie.)
You learned THAT in college? Must be University of Florida.