Divisibility - Dividing by 0

Learn what happens when we try to divide by zero.

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[STBRetired]

Mathematics is basically a language. Or, at least, shorthand for a language. So, if ONE apple is divided among ONE person then that person gets that ONE whole apple. If ONE apple is divided among NO people (0) then that apple stays whole and undivided. Therefore, 1/1=1 and 1/0=1. They both give the same result but for different reasons. Perhaps there is a place for dividing by 0 that hasn't been defined yet but it is different than dividing by 1.

[zxuiji]

Wrong, here's a copy past of my response to vids that get division by 0 wrong, it contains mathematical proof that division by 0 yields 0, you almost had it too, you just overlooked your result:


for starts multiplication & division are NOT addition & subtraction, those are just sub actions that CAN be employed, not a necessary action, here's some examples that show you what I mean:

Power of 2:
4 >> 1 = 4 / 2 = 2
4 << 2 = 4 * 4 = 16

Now let's move onto the division by 0, it should always equal 0 and here's my proof:

10 / 100 = 10 * 0.01 vs 100 / 10 = 100 * 0.1
1 / 100 = 1 * 0.01 vs 100 / 1 = 100 * 0.01
0 / 100 = 0 * 0.01 vs 100 / 0 = 100 * 0.0...0 = 100 * 0

[FewVidsJustComments]

the groups example makes me think that X -:- 0 = X

[findystonerush]

No! how to divide by 0: 6/0=? how to solve this is 6/0= x*0=6 and anything times 0 is 0 so it's undefined.

[paly]

literally schools dividing by zero...







just why?!