remind me, why can't you divide 0 (nothing) by a number with a sort of value?

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Aspie7 · Answer

anything divided by 0 is undefined

ChloeHamilton · Answer

it's like multiplying by zero. if you multiply something by zero, you get zero. division is basically the opposite of multiplication. hence, if you tried to divide something by zero, there isn't a known answer rather than zero

axie · Answer

So dividing is kinda like putting x amount of things in x amount of groups equally. So imagine taking a bag of m&ms and splitting it evenly with 4 friends. If u didn't have any friends then it's impossible and if you dont have m&ms then it's also impossible

axie · Answer

It would look like 500/5

axie · Answer

500/4****

59mandatory · Answer

because anything times 0 is 0.

surjithayer · Answer

let 0/a=b,
$$a \neq 0$$
$$0=a \times b$$
if product of two numbers is zero then either one or both a and b is zero.
$$a \neq 0,so ~b = 0$$

poopoopeepee · Answer

as surj said though, you can...
0/(anything not 0) = 0

Unless you meant the other way around, in which case consider this:
(anything including 0)/0 = undefined
The first case you can multiply as surj as shown, so it's 0
The second case must be undefined, because if you multiply:
$a/0=b$
$a=b*0$. If a is 0, b could literally be anything, so it's undefined
if a isn't 0, b can't be anything, so it's still undefined.

AcornTheNut · Answer

thank you everyone