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What do you get when you divide a number by zero?

 Aug 30, 2014

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Actually...it's undefined.......to see why, note that

6/2 = 3      because 3 x 2  = 6

But what is 10/0 ???

It can't be 0, because that would imply that 0 x 0 = 10....which is impossible.

In fact, 0 x anything can't be anything other than 0 !!!

This is why we can't divide by 0.

 

 Aug 30, 2014
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$${\frac{{\mathtt{7}}}{{\mathtt{0}}}} = {\mathtt{0}}$$

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 Aug 30, 2014
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THe answer will always be 0.

 Aug 30, 2014
 #3
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Best Answer

Actually...it's undefined.......to see why, note that

6/2 = 3      because 3 x 2  = 6

But what is 10/0 ???

It can't be 0, because that would imply that 0 x 0 = 10....which is impossible.

In fact, 0 x anything can't be anything other than 0 !!!

This is why we can't divide by 0.

 

CPhill Aug 30, 2014
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Wow! That is...AWESOME!!!! Good answer CPhill!

 Aug 30, 2014

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