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minus-squaremangaskahn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·24 days agoP divided by P =1 and so can be cancelled as shown.
minus-squarewebpack@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agodividing a variable by itself only equals 1 when it’s not 0, because 0 divided by 0 is undefined/indeterminate. usually this isn’t an issue though and can be ignored (I got through most of school without knowing this) (source)
minus-squareexpatriado@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·24 days agohttps://magoosh.com/gmat/gmat-math-can-you-divide-by-a-variable
P ≠ 0
P divided by P =1 and so can be cancelled as shown.
dividing a variable by itself only equals 1 when it’s not 0, because 0 divided by 0 is undefined/indeterminate.
usually this isn’t an issue though and can be ignored (I got through most of school without knowing this)
(source)
https://magoosh.com/gmat/gmat-math-can-you-divide-by-a-variable