2007-01-25 02:03:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Of course you can divide 7 into 0. The answer is 0. You can divide anything into 0, except 0 itself. That's undefined.
Now, if you're asking why we can't divide 7 BY 0, well, that's another question. Dividing by 0 is undefined. The answer to that is given by looking at the inverse of the equation:
7/2 = 3.5 ==> 3.5 * 2 = 7
7/0 = ? ==> ? * 0 = 7
As you can see, nothing times 0 will give you a result of 7.
2007-01-25 02:10:40 · answer #1 · answered by Dave 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Imagine an equation 0x=7
The solution to this equation would lend you to think that x=7/0
However, we look at that equation and realize that there is really no number that fits. If I put 8 in there, for instance, I still get 0*8=7 or 0=7. This statement is false, so 8 does not work. The same occurs no matter what number I put in for x. So 7/0 is not defined.
2007-01-25 02:11:24 · answer #2 · answered by bequalming 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can't take something (7) and divide it into nothings (0).
You can divide 7 into 1 part and get 7
or into 2 parts and get 3.5
but not into no parts.
You get an undefined number. Or "Error" on your calculator.
2007-01-25 02:12:43 · answer #3 · answered by Captain Jack 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because any number divided into 0 is 0!!!!!!!!
2007-01-25 03:22:23 · answer #4 · answered by LaDonna W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋