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Yavin4

(36,613 posts) Mon Dec 16, 2024, 02:38 PM Dec 16

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I tried to divide a Coke Zero into two glasses

and the can exploded.

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I tried to divide a Coke Zero into two glasses (Original Post) Yavin4 Dec 16 OP

LOL! Ocelot II Dec 16 #1

everyone knows you can't divide by zero! viva la Dec 16 #2

Well there you go,... truth in advertising. magicarpet Dec 16 #3

I'm sorry, I'm going to have to ask you to explain this one to me. Jeebo Dec 16 #4

If you can't understand it, just blame the deep state that Coke is in. Wonder Why Dec 16 #5

You can divide a number *into* zero, and that will always give you zero. Ocelot II Dec 16 #6

Dividing by zero produces infinity, which is not an actual number. Intractable Dec 17 #7

Ocelot II

(121,473 posts)

1. LOL!

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 02:40 PM

Dec 16

viva la

(3,854 posts)

2. everyone knows you can't divide by zero!

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 02:40 PM

Dec 16

We're lucky the time-space continuum is intact.

magicarpet

(16,951 posts)

3. Well there you go,... truth in advertising.

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 02:42 PM

Dec 16

Now you got Zero Coke in both beverage glasses. It is splattered on the ceiling and walls.

Jeebo

(2,315 posts)

4. I'm sorry, I'm going to have to ask you to explain this one to me.

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 02:56 PM

Dec 16

I can see there's some kind of humor in this, but I confess I can't figure it out. I understand that you can't divide zero by two or by anything else, but actually, you can. It's just that dividing zero or multiplying it by anything still just leaves zero. I don't understand why it makes a can explode. By the way, I drink Dr. Pepper Zero, not Coke Zero, but, well, same difference.

— Ron

Wonder Why

(4,718 posts)

5. If you can't understand it, just blame the deep state that Coke is in.

Reply to Jeebo (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 03:43 PM

Dec 16

Ocelot II

(121,473 posts)

6. You can divide a number *into* zero, and that will always give you zero.

Reply to Jeebo (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 09:10 PM

Dec 16

But you can't divide another number by zero, because there is no number that can be multiplied by zero to get a non-zero result.

Intractable

(586 posts)

7. Dividing by zero produces infinity, which is not an actual number.

Reply to Jeebo (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 01:25 AM

Dec 17

Dividing by a fractional small number results in a very large number.

10/2 =5
10/.2 =50
10/.02=500

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