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Can something multiply by dividing?

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Posted - June 13, 2017

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  • 83
    Yes, through dividing by the inverse of a whole number.
      June 13, 2017 3:48 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    Mitosis is used for almost all of your body’s cell division needs. It adds new cells during development and replaces old and worn-out cells throughout your life. The goal of mitosis is to produce daughter cells that are genetically identical to their mothers, with not a single chromosome more or less.

    ---Khan Academy
      June 13, 2017 3:55 PM MDT
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  • 44652
    You win the Nobel Prize.
      June 13, 2017 3:57 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    I figured you would get this from someone.  If the reciprocal hadn't been referred to in the first answer, I might have gone with that.
      June 14, 2017 11:07 AM MDT
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  • 83
    Wow. This was a riddle.
      June 13, 2017 4:13 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    not that i know of
      June 13, 2017 4:21 PM MDT
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  • 318
    starfish
      June 13, 2017 4:41 PM MDT
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  • 16838
    Yes, bacteria. That's why sergeants don't have mothers - all bacteria reproduce by fission (Heinlein).
    https://en.www.wikiquote.org/wiki/Starship_Troopers
    Chapter 3 This post was edited by Slartibartfast at June 14, 2017 11:11 AM MDT
      June 13, 2017 4:52 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    Cancer cells.
      June 13, 2017 7:49 PM MDT
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  • 3719
    All living cells, in fact, not just cancer ones.
      October 3, 2017 4:49 PM MDT
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  • 16838
    If a woman divides her legs, pretty soon she'll multiply.
      October 3, 2017 7:11 PM MDT
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