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You can't divide by zero; which means Randall made an error. Should we update the page to reflect this? [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.67|173.245.52.67]] 10:25, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
 
You can't divide by zero; which means Randall made an error. Should we update the page to reflect this? [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.67|173.245.52.67]] 10:25, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
:"OHI briefly became infinite as oil prices reached zero in 2020" could be read as approaching both infinity and zero; that fixes the problem [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.249|162.158.74.249]] 11:18, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
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:"OHI briefly became infinite as oil prices reached zero in 2020" could be read as approaching both infinity and zero; that fixes the problem.
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[[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.249|162.158.74.249]] 11:18, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
 
::Randall did not divide by zero. If the price went continually to zero the OHI would aproach infinity. Of course at the time the price hit zero (or negative), then the OHI breaks down, which is what infinite means. So he did not make any error. (Wrote this and had an edit conflict with the first reply.) --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 11:20, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
 
::Randall did not divide by zero. If the price went continually to zero the OHI would aproach infinity. Of course at the time the price hit zero (or negative), then the OHI breaks down, which is what infinite means. So he did not make any error. (Wrote this and had an edit conflict with the first reply.) --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 11:20, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
 
:You can divide by zero, its just that those lazy mathematicians haven't defined it yet.  
 
:You can divide by zero, its just that those lazy mathematicians haven't defined it yet.  

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