# Asking for opinions about a mathematical fact. Why multiplying by zero equals zero?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 20, 2024, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-for-opinions-about-a-mathematical-fact-why-multiplying-by-zero-equals-zero/1007506 "2024-09-20T04:02:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-for-opinions-about-a-mathematical-fact-why-multiplying-by-zero-equals-zero/1007506/90 "2024-09-21T23:46:42Z")

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> [@Stoid](#):
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> Why the hell does it _let_ me do it if I’m not _allowed_ to do it?

You can. You just need to know how. You have to paste a link to a picture, you can’t paste the picture itself.

[![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51RqcT1ylmL._SL350_.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51RqcT1ylmL._SL350_.jpg)

There’s a discussion here on how to make it work.

> [@Pictures in posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-in-posts/985744):
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> How do I add a .JPG picture to my post?

> [@Stoid](#):
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> This stupid stupid board. I miss vBulletin and its kin…

I don’t remember being able to post pictures on the old board within posts, just links to them.

It’s sort of like trying to drive when you’re new to cars, and after driving an hour griping about how you miss your bike, even though your bike couldn’t have gotten you to where you drove.

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