You cant divide by 0.
Why not? Well, because if youtry to, no matter what answeryou write down, it wont makesense. Take 6 divided by 0. What should that equal? A lotof people guess 0. But that doesnt work. If 6 divided by 0were equal to 0, that would mean that 00 would have to equal 6 (just as 6 divided by 2 equals 3 means that 23 equals 6). The trouble here is that 6 divided by 0 cannot equal any number, because any number times 0 always gives 0, not 6. This is why division by 0 is verboten.
Why not? Well, because if youtry to, no matter what answeryou write down, it wont makesense. Take 6 divided by 0. What should that equal? A lotof people guess 0. But that doesnt work. If 6 divided by 0were equal to 0, that would mean that 00 would have to equal 6 (just as 6 divided by 2 equals 3 means that 23 equals 6). The trouble here is that 6 divided by 0 cannot equal any number, because any number times 0 always gives 0, not 6. This is why division by 0 is verboten.