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Island911 got it on the head. This sounds like the primer in calculus before they introduce limits and the idea of "approaching" a value and evaluating what it should do at that value without every getting there. This idea helps develop how it's possible to evaluate something being divided by zero even though normally with math that is not possible. For instance the limit as x approaches 0 of sin(x)/x is a good example. With normal math you cannot divide by zero and therefore cannot evaluate this expression. However when you use zeno's idea, then you say well, i won't actually get to zero instead i'll see what happens as i get ever closer to zero. sin(x)=0 when x is zero, therefore as you approach zero it "looks" like that expression is equal to 1 since they are both converging to the same number as x goes to 0. This idea pays off huge when you are taught what the definition of a derivative is which is everything in calculus.