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JoeyS1980

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Definitely it is a bug in the Wolfram Alpha.

Mathematically the correct answer is "Indeterminate" but parsing the statement in a computer science world, both results are correct.

The statement "10(0/0)" requires no reduction of equation. The statement will translated into "10 * ( 0 / 0 )" but the statement "X(Y/Y)" it requires reduction of equation into "X" therefor all you need is the value of X.

Did some computation here... In order for Shopify to break-even with his $100K, they need 4,167 ($100,000 / $24 per month membership fee ) new registered paid stores.

After that 2 months contest, MAYBE some of them will bail out with the membership.

At the end, this contest is a very good marketing strategy to pull-in new customer.

Nice job Shopify.