Mathematica 6.01 does not know one can not divide by 0??
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- Subject: [mg107140] Mathematica 6.01 does not know one can not divide by 0??
- From: zeno <zeno333 at mindspring.com>
- Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 06:24:12 -0500 (EST)
I had Mathematica 6.01 try and solve this " equation", and it gives an
answer back of 5, which if substituted back into the equation, one
would be dividing by 0. Code and result here...
NSolve[3*x + (1/(x - 5)) == 15 + (1/(x - 5)), x]
{{x -> 5.}}
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