SOLUTION: infinity + x = infinity(a larger one) infinity - x = infinity infinity * x = infinity infinity / x = infinity unless x = infinity infinity^x = infinity Now wouldn't squaring

Question 843739: infinity + x = infinity(a larger one)
infinity - x = infinity
infinity * x = infinity
infinity / x = infinity unless x = infinity
infinity^x = infinity
Now wouldn't squaring infinity give you an infinitely large square? Wouldn't cubing infinity give you an infinitely large cube? What about with those other formulas for area and volume, would you get an infinitely large shape that the formula was for in the first place? I am assuming that in this geometric way infinity is an infinitely large line segment to start off with.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
No, you're misunderstanding the concept of infinity.
It's not a number that you can subtract from or add to.
(Infinity + 1) is not larger than infinity.
You can't do operations on it as you would do for numbers.
But this is a very interesting topic way beyond the bounds of algebra.
Here's a link that has some very good references.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Infinity.html

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