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Dividing by zero gives:

(0/0) x 1 = (0/0) x 2

Simplified, yields:

1 = 2


Sounds logical, Bill, but it seems that mathematical logic and real-world logic are not necessarily the same thing.

I have a box in which there is nothing = one empty box.

You have two boxes in each of which there is nothing = two empty boxes.

One box does not equal two boxes, only the “nothing” in one box is equal to the nothing in the two boxes. We still have a different number of boxes.

I’ve never been able to get my head round the idea of dividing by nothing, so this could be a learning experience, if we can stay on track.

There never was nothing.