how come calculators start out at 0 when there are infinite possible numbers for a calculator to start out at?
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0 was invented by people in India(all though it is often mistakingly thought to be from the arabs). Ask them why the decided to come up with the concept of a number represent nothing. Om means Yes to the universe. It also means Perfect nothingness or Zero. Some people believe that Zero is not a correct measurement though.
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U R RIGHTT..HOW DID YA GET IT..PLZ CAN YA EXPLAIN..I'VE BEEN TRYING THIS PROBLEM FROM A LONGTIME.EVEN DE CALCULATOR SAYS ITZ "4"..I KNOW DE CALCULATORS WRONG TOO..PLZZ DO EXPLAIN IT TO ME ASAP
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basic numbers are numbers 0-9
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I'm going to start by assuming that numbers starting with 0, other than zero itself, don't count.  Normally, since there are two choices for any individual digit, the number of numbers possible for any number of digits (d) is 2^d.\n\nHowever, since 0 can't be the starting digit for any but the one-digit numbers, your choices are cut in half, which would be 2^(d-1).\n\nThus, your answer would be the sum of:\n2 + 2^1 + 2^2 +...+ 2^9\n\nInterestingly enough, you'll notice that this answer ends up being 2^10.
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i think you need a set of numbers to deviate from first, and then you can easily google both of these. then it is just a bunch of calculator work
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A begining and no ending: Positive Integers\nAn ending and no begining: Negative Integers
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This question cannnot be answered due to a simple fact that there are infinite amounts of numbers, therefore is no limit to a higher or a lower number.
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you must include x=0.
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Actually, as what I have learned, this equation is limitless because the numbers itself are limitless. The incredible fact about this is that in every number you substitute in "x", the answer is always "0".
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an imeasurable amount of numbers come after 2, regardless whether you are counting up or counting down, if during counting is what you mean.\n\ncounting up eg: 2.00000000000280222\ncounting down eg: 1.92222224025
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To quote dilbert: "Early Civilisations never had a concept of zero" (hey, you wanted it thorough right?) And they started the number system at one. .... Hmm, pretty much the panel cuts out... \nRemember, the ones and zeros are really the positive and negative polaritys on a magnetic disk. That is the key to your computer informations. Do not take a magnet to your computer.
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It may mean the computer is trying to divide by 0
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Surprisingly, yes.  This bugged the heck out of me in middle school, but it's a consequence of the way infinity works.\n\nThe classic proof is:\n\n    x = 0.999999....\n10x = 9.999999....\n\nSubtract the first line from the second, and you get\n\n9x = 9, therefore x = 1.
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There are 3 pairs:\n\n1. 0 and 0\n2. 2 and 2\n3. 9 and 9\n\nThere won't be any more as the number values get larger. This is because when the no.s are multiplied, there would be more digits than when the no.s are added. So they can't be opposite if they have diff. no. of digits.
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It's undefined.  You can't divide any number by 0.
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Infinity.Any number divided by 0 is infinity.
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****Edit to clarify******\nWhile the professor below is correct, and the poster below him is partially correct, you can only assume that the course is complete if you include the finite answer as an infinate series.\n\nThe prime example of this is that 1.999 repeating is NOT equal to 2.0 unless 2.0 is infinite, ie 2.000000 repeating.  You can not deal with unlike in infinate numbers.  Ie, you can not translate an infinite number to a finite number and still have the same premise.  \n\nSo unless the data deals with an infinate equality, the runner never will reach his destination.\n*********end edit***********\n\nWhile it is true that the runner will finish the course, as we know that every course has a start and ending point; in regards to math, unless the start and end are constants and predefined, the answer is simple:  THe runner will never reach the end.  The reason for this is that without a predefined set of start and end, the course is continous.