On 9/20/2011 12:45 AM, Nekar Xenos wrote:
> What I remembered from school was 1/0=infinity
> It must have been something to do with limets.
>
> The answer to the brainteaser is definitely not < infinity
> And my son's answer was closer than the maths guy's first try at 100% :P
>
The margin on the sale would indeed be 100%, but % profit can't be 
defined. You have 1ct of profit, but percentage is a ratio, which 
doesn't work if the bottom half is zero.

-- 
~Mike

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