• zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Any answer here actually makes sense. You could say you’re giving each of your 0 friends 1 cookie, or 27 cookies, or -8 cookies - and it all works out because you end up giving away 0*1, or 0*27, or 0*-8 cookies in each case, or just 0 - the exact amount you have. It works out because 0/0 isn’t undefined, it’s indeterminate. Splitting any nonzero number of cookies amongst 0 friends would truly have no answer, though, since n/0 is undefined for n ≠ 0. Of course that assumes you aren’t having any of the cookies yourself.