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Think of a simple equation, and the steps must be reversible.

For example, 10 divided by 2 equals 5 (10/2 = 5). When the steps are reversed, you get 5 times 2 equals 10 (5 * 2 = 10).

However, if you take 10 divided by 0 and consider the answer as x. When you reverse the steps, no matter what the value of x is, you can't multiply it by 0 to get back 6.

This also can be proved using the equation y = 1/x.

As x approaches 0, y approaches infinity.

(limit as x -> 0 (1/x) = ∞)

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