The other comments are correct: is undefined. Similarly, the limit of as approaches is also undefined. However, if you take the limit of as approaches zero from the left or from the right, you get negative and positive infinity respectively.

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YouTube
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Googles Think 1 ÷ 0 = Infinity? - YouTube
What happens when you type 1 ÷ 0 into Google? Does it really say infinity? In this video, we explore what Google Calculator shows, why it gives that answer, ...
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Wikipedia
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Division by zero - Wikipedia
1 week ago - In computing, most numerical calculations are done with floating-point arithmetic, which since the 1980s has been standardized by the IEEE 754 specification. In IEEE floating-point arithmetic, numbers are represented using a sign (positive or negative), a fixed-precision significand and an integer exponent. Numbers whose exponent is too large to represent instead "overflow" to positive or negative infinity (+∞ or −∞), while numbers whose exponent is too small to represent instead "underflow" to positive or negative zero (+0 or −0).
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Operations with Infinity Calculator & Solver - SnapXam
Operations with Infinity Calculator online with solution and steps. Detailed step by step solutions to your Operations with Infinity problems with our math solver and online calculator.
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Reddit
reddit.com › r/learnmath › why do we say 1/0=undefined instead of 1/0=infinity?
r/learnmath on Reddit: Why do we say 1/0=undefined instead of 1/0=infinity?
October 24, 2020 -

Like 10/2- imagine a 10 square foot box, saying 10 divided by 2 is like saying “how many 2 square foot boxes fit in this 10 square foot box?” So the answer is 5.

But if you take the same box and ask “how many boxes that are infinitely small, or zero feet squared, can fit in the same box the answer would be infinity not “undefined”. So 10/0=infinity.

I understand why 2/0 can’t be 0 not only because that doesn’t make and since but also because it could cause terrible contradictions like 1=2 and such.

Ah math is so cool. I love infinity so if anyone wants to talk about it drop a comment.

Edit: thanks everyone so much for the answers. Keep leaving comments though because I’m really enjoying seeing it explained in different ways. Also it doesn’t seem like anyone else has ever been confused by this judging by the comment but if anyone is I really liked this video https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/x2f8bb11595b61c86:foundation-algebra/x2f8bb11595b61c86:division-zero/v/why-dividing-by-zero-is-undefined

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Web2.0calc
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View question - Why is 1/0 equal to infinity?
#1 · +2973 · 0 · its not equal to infinity! its equal to UNDEFINED! you cannot divide anything by 0! otherwise your calculator would say it is undefined! so, it's not infinity, it's undefined, because you can't divide anything by 0! TitaniumRome Apr 27, 2015 ·
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Wikipedia
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Indeterminate form - Wikipedia
December 30, 2025 - {\displaystyle 1/0} , and so on, as these expressions are not indeterminate forms.) These derivatives will allow one to perform algebraic simplification and eventually evaluate the limit.
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Medium
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Why is any number over 0 undefined or what we say infinity? | by Prabhat Mahato | Medium
March 31, 2023 - 2/1=2, 2/0.1=20, 2/0.01=200, 2/0.001=2000, 2/0.0001=20000 Same as previous, the value goes on increasing. And on dividing 2 by 0, we get infinity i.e., 2/0=∞
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MathsisFun
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Limits to Infinity
This is also true for 1/x2 etc · A function such as x will approach infinity, as well as 2x, or x/9 and so on. Likewise functions with x2 or x3 etc will also approach infinity. But be careful, a function like "−x" will approach "−infinity", so we have to look at the signs of x. ... In fact, when we look at the Degree of the function (the highest exponent in the function) we can tell what is going to happen: ... But if the Degree is 0 or unknown then we need to work a bit harder to find a limit.
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Lamar University
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Calculus I - L'Hospital's Rule and Indeterminate Forms
To look a little more into this, check out the Types of Infinity section in the Extras chapter at the end of this document. This is the problem with indeterminate forms. It’s just not clear what is happening in the limit. There are other types of indeterminate forms as well. Some other types are, \[\left( 0 \right)\left( { \pm \,\infty } \right)\hspace{0.25in}{1^\infty }\hspace{0.25in}{0^0}\hspace{0.25in}{\infty ^0}\hspace{0.25in}\infty - \infty \]
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r/learnmath on Reddit: Does infinity times 0 equal 1?
April 17, 2023 -

I think it does because you can derive it from infinity/0 times 0/infinity.

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Quora
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If 1/0 is infinity then what is -1/0? - Quora
Answer (1 of 11): If you define some number structure where 1/0 = ∞, then, if it’s going to be as nicely behaved as possible, -1/0 = ∞ too. Shouldn’t it be -∞? Yes, it should—but -∞ should equal ∞, if ∞ is defined as 1/0. Think of this in terms of limits.
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Math Central
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1/infinity and 1/0
Question: I was thinking the other day when i was in math class that when you divide 1 by say n you'll get 1/n. As the value of n increases the smaller the number you get. So if you divide 1/infinity would that equal zero? And if that is true then would 1/0=infinity be true also · Your observation ...
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Quora
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Why does Google calculator give 0/0 as an error and 1/0 as infinity? - Quora
Answer (1 of 10): A number resulting from an exact zero divisor is hard-wired in the Google scientific calculator to be a generic error. Both \frac{1}{0} and \frac{0}{0} result in generic errors in Google’s calculator. Instead, they could more accurately be assigned as “undefined”, \infty, or \te...
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UC Davis
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L'Hopital's Rule
EXAMPLE 2: $$ \displaystyle{ \lim_{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{2x+7}{3x^2-5} = \frac{"\infty" }{ \infty } = \frac{ "0" }{ 0 } } $$ (Now apply Theorem 2. Differentiate top and bottom separately.) $$ = \displaystyle{ \lim_{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{2+0}{6x-0} } $$ $$ = \displaystyle{ \lim_{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{1}{3x} } $$ $$ = \frac{"1"}{\infty} $$ $$ = 0 $$
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Reddit
reddit.com › r/learnmath › why does 1/infinity = 0 rather than 0.0 repeating leading to 1?
r/learnmath on Reddit: why does 1/infinity = 0 rather than 0.0 repeating leading to 1?
June 3, 2024 -

sorry if the question doesnt make sense i havent been invested in math theory for long as ive only taken alg 2 and minor precalc but why is it that one over infinity equals zero rather than an infinitely small finite number? from my thoughts i feel as if it cant be zero because if you have anumerator there is a value no matter the size of a denominator, almost like an asymptotic relationship with the value reaching closer to zero but never hitting it. i understand zero is a concept so you cant operate with it so you cant exactly create a proof algebraicly but then how could you know it equals zero? just need second thoughts as its a comment debate between me and my brother. many thanks!

edit: my bad i wasnt very misunderstood on alot of things and the question was pretty dumb in hindsight, my apologies

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If the zeros are repeating there is no end, therefore there is no 1 at the end because there is no end to begin with
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Part of the problem is that 1/infinity is actually very hard to define, because "let's treat infinity as a number!" usually leads to strange situations. Like for example, what's infinity + 1? Is it still infinity? Does that mean, if we "subtract infinity" from both sides, that 1 = 0? What is infinity - infinity, anyway? One way people get around this is to use limits. Say, instead of 1 / infinity, you have 1/x. This is a function. Then we might (depending on the function) be able to ask, "what happens as we keep increasing the value of x?" People phrase this sometimes as "what happens when x 'goes to infinity'?", but what they really mean is, "what happens when we make x an arbitrarily large number, and then an even larger one, and so on?" Then people ask, "as x gets larger and larger, does the value of 1/x approach anything in particular? Does it become closer and closer to some exact value? Does it converge?" Answering this kind of question is actually much more doable than trying to figure out "what is 1 / infinity?" because, instead of having to figure out how to do division by infinity (something which does not really have a concrete definition), we're just dealing with a finite number, x. To answer the question though, what we see as x gets bigger and bigger is that 1/x does actually converge on one specific value! That value is 0. Note that 1/x is never actually equal to 0 — it just approaches it. It gets closer, and closer, and closer. People do sometimes write this as "1 / infinity = 0". But I think it would be fair to say that, when people write it this way, that can be... very misleading, depending on the reader.
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Quora
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How to find infinity using a calculator - Quora
Answer (1 of 8): The closest thing you can get to it as by forcing an overflow error. Enter 1/0. The calculator will indicate an overflow error, or just say error. In an excel document you’ll see the expression #DIV/0! That’s not a factorial sign at the end, that’s an actual exclamation ...
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Mashup Math
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How to Get Infinity on a Calculator—Explained — Mashup Math
October 9, 2024 - Wondering how to get infinity on a calculator? This step-by-step guide will show you how to get infinity on whatever calculator you are using, even if your calculator does not have an infinity button. What equals infinity on a calculator? Lets see what it means when you get an error message or an un
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