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Given the rule x divided by n , describe the values of n for which the output value will be greater than the input value

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Given: x/n
What values of n gives us great values?
Let's experiment! Suppose x = 1,
1/n
If we plug in 1, 2, 5, 10, 1000
1/1=1
1/2=.5
1/5=.2
1/10=.1
1/1000=.0001
Now let's plug in 1, .1, .01, .001
1/1=1
1/.1=10
1/.01=100
1/.001=1000
ANSWER:
It seems like when n<1 (a decimal) we get values bigger than the input for x/n!

I wonder what happens if we get real close to 0
Let n = .00000000001
1/.00000000001 = 100000000000
Now if we plug in 0
1/0 = undefined.
I have a question for you, why can't we divide by 0? do you see why?
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