I have to quibble. Strictly speaking, division by zero is meaningless - you
can't divide anything into zero parts. You could, however, speak of the
limit of (1/n) as n - 0 as tending toward inifinity.
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"Lewis Clark" wrote:

Because 1e300 is a very large number. When you divide by zero, you get an
infinitely large number.

Which one you use should depend on how you use this value in the next
calculation.


<Andy B wrote in message ...
Hi Bill
Why do you say that putting 1e300 would be a 'better approximation fudge'?
I don't understand what that contributes towards the result!