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If you divide any number by zero the answer is infinite. It cannot be specified
As you divide by smaller and smaller numbers, the answer can approach positive infinity or negative infinity. Even if there was a single answer, "infinity" is never acceptable in arithmatic as an answer.
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What is 13 times 0 divided by 6?
Zero: Any number multiplied by zero equals zero, and zero divided by any number equals zero.
Why any number is not divisible by zero?
Nothing is divisible by zero because any number divided by zero will be undefined.
Is any number divided by zero a real number?
no
What is a non zero number divided by itself?
Any non-zero number divided by itself is equal to one.
Is there any number that cant be divided?
0 cannot be divided
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