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Is It possible to divide 5 with zero. if yes what is the quotient if not give reason |
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Answer» Let's look at some examples of dividing other numbers.10/2 = 5 This means that if you had ten BLOCKS, you could separate them into five groups of two. 9/3 = 3 This means that if you had NINE blocks, you could separate them into THREE groups of three. 5/1 = 5 Five blocks could be separated into five groups of one. 5/0 = ? Into how many groups of zero could you separate five blocks?It doesn't matter how many groups of zero you have, because they would never add up to five since 0+0+0+0+0+0 = 0. You could even have one million groups of zero blocks, and they would still add up to zero. So, it doesn't make sense to divide by zero since there is not a good answer.If you know a little bit about multiplication, you could look at it this way:10/2 = 5 This means that 5 x 2 = 10 9/3 = 3 This means that 3 x 3 = 9 5/1 = 5 This means that 5 x 1 = 5 5/0 = ? This would mean that the answer x 0 = 5, but anything times 0 is always zero. So there isn't an answer. |
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