Why can't you divide by zero?
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In the world of math, many strange results are possible when we change the rules. But there’s one rule that most of us have been warned not to break: don’t divide by zero. How can the simple combination of an everyday number and a basic operation cause such problems?
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Meet The Creators
- Director
- Nick Hilditch
- Animator
- Nick Hilditch
- Associate Producer
- Elizabeth Cox, Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Content Producer
- Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer
- Alex Rosenthal
