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You cannot divide by zero.
Zero is special in that it does not have a multiplicative inverse.
There is a reason why you did not have to memorize division by 0 tables in the third grade. That is because you do not divide by zero.
In analysis (advanced calculus), you may discuss the fact that the limit of 1/x as x approaches 0 is infinity, but this has nothing to do with ordinary arithmetic operations. The best example I can give is 0/0.
Here are some examples
A Baseball player has never batted and he has no hits.
What is his batting average?
A Basketball player has not taken any shots and he has not made any baskets,
What is her field-goal percentage ?
A student has no money so he invests nothing in a saving account. His annual interest in $0.00. What was the annual percentage interest rate for the account ?
These examples all show why 0/0 is undefined and is surely not equal to 0 or 1 as a person might guess it could be. No.
Division tells you how many times you can subtract a number before the result is zero, but if you subtract again, the result will not be zero; for example 12 ÷ 4 = 3 tells you that you can subtract 4 from 12 three times and you'll get zero:
- 12 - 4 = 8
- 8 - 4 = 4
- 4 - 4 = 0
- 0 - 4 = -4
The fourth subtraction taking the result away from zero.
No matter how many times you subtract zero from a non-zero number, it will remain as that number and you will never get to zero.
Except You can subtract zero from zero and the result is zero always zero, but how many times can it be done? once, twice, three times, etc. zero divided by zero is any number you want!
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What are the factors and prime factors of 0?
Zero is "divisible" by all whole numbers, but as the process is irreversible (you cannot divide by zero), I've always thought zero as "outside the system" of factoring.
Zero divided by a negative equals what?
Zero, always.
Fifty-eight divided by zero?
You cannot divide by 0.
Zero divide by a negative number is undefined or has a positive or negative answer?
Undefined
Can rational numbers have 0 as a denominator?
No, because you cannot divide by zero.
What is the answer when 0 is divided by something?
When you divide zero by anything or multiple anything by zero, the answer will always be zero.
What reason any number multiply with zero is always zero?
For the same reason that you can't divide a number by zero.
Can any number be divided by 0?
No, division by zero is undefined in mathematics. It is not possible to divide any number by zero.
Can Chuck Norris divide by zero?
yes he can divide by zero.
When did Zero Divide happen?
Zero Divide happened in 1995.
When did Divide By Zero end?
Divide By Zero ended in 1996.
What is the answer to divide by zero?
You cannot divide by zero, so the answer is undefined.
How come when you divide with zero your answers is still zero?
You cannot divide by zero because it impossible, but if zero is divided by another number the answer is zero because if you have zero slices of pizza split four ways the answer will obviously be zero because the four people cannot grow pizza slices so if you start with nothing and nothing is added you will always have nothing.
How come you cannot divide a number by zero but you can multiply a number by zero?
If you multiply any number by zero the answer is zero If you dividea number by zero the answer is undetermined. It is usually infinity , since when you divide a number ( numerator0 by a small the number (denominator) the smaller that denominator the larger the answer, and zero is so small that the answer is infinite. But not always, as in special cases when the numerator is also zero
How do you divide by zero?
you can't. the answer would be undefined. You can divide zero by anything though. the answer to that would be zero.
Why is something to the power of zero always one?
It should be zero, but the only problem with that is that you can't divide by zero; so it becomes inconvenient in case the something to the power of zero happens to be in the denominator. Therefore, mathematicians have agreed to let something to the power of zero to always be one just for the sake of convenience.
When 0 is divided by a nonzero number is the quotient always 0?
Undefined: You cannot divide by zero
