SOLUTION: You can divide each side of an equation by the same non zero value. Explain what would result from the equation 4 times 0 equals 5 times 0 if you could divide each side by 0, and i

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Question 222127: You can divide each side of an equation by the same non zero value. Explain what would result from the equation 4 times 0 equals 5 times 0 if you could divide each side by 0, and if 0 divided by 0 equals 1.
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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You would end up with the absurdity that 4 = 5, i.e. the sort of nonsense that got Bernie Madhoff in trouble.

John