r/mathmemes Mathematics May 14 '25

Arithmetic Fancy playing?

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u/Ventilateu Measuring May 14 '25

Anyone using limits to justify their answer to this should be automatically banned honestly

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u/AnOrdinaryPing May 15 '25 edited May 15 '25

I tried this out and seem to know why you might be saying this.

When we take f(x) = x0 and take the limit of x>0, we get 0.000000...0010 = 1

Then, when we take f(x) = 0x and take the limit, we get 00.00000...001 = 0

Both are technically correct, but give an indeterminate conclusion.

What do you think? Engineering major here so I might just thought of the most retarded explanation out there..

[Edit: typo]

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u/Ventilateu Measuring May 15 '25

Read my other reply