Originally posted by PeachI am sorry to hear that, and you have my condolences. Judging from her age, at least you have a lot of fond memories of the time you both spent together, eh?
We just had to put my dog to sleep. She was old (nearly 16), and has been sick and in pain for a while, and there was just nothing more we could do. cry
I need to play Battletoads again. And that one guy sounds like Jason Segal.
Originally posted by TheAuraAngel
Why is 0 times anything always 0?
We have to go back to the simplest of math: set theory.
If you want some set iterations (the number of iterations is what you are multiplying by), that is multiplication.
Pretend you want a set of 6 to multiply 7 times.
6 x 7 = 42.
But what if you want a set of 6 to multiply by 0 times?
Not only do you have to disregard a single iteration (1 times), but you have no iterations of that set of six. You are left with an empty set of nothing because no iteration took place to even get 1 set. We symbolize this concept with zero.
Some cultures in history did not have a value of 0...which is amazing to me. I cannot even fathom not having zero (an empty set, basically) in my number system.
Is it not because multiplication is effectively adding a set of the same numbers a set amount of times?
So in 5 multiplied by zero, you are just adding zero five times, which will still be, zero.
Notice how it took me two sentences to say what dadudemon said in nine sentences and a short equation. 131
Originally posted by NemeBro
Is it not because multiplication is effectively adding a set of the same numbers a set amount of times?So in 5 multiplied by zero, you are just adding zero five times, which will still be, zero.
Notice how it took me two sentences to say what dadudemon said in nine sentences and a short equation. 131
Damn, you're good!