Am I correct to say that 5/0 = 5 or is it undefined
no your ar incorrect becuase you cant divide 5 by 5 to get 5 dividing by is is impossible and it is undefined
Zero (0) will go into 5 — any other integer — an infinite number of times. Therefore it is undefined.
I hope this helps a little more. Thanks for asking.
To explain why dividing a number by zero is undefined, let's go through the process of division.
When we divide a number by another number, say 5 divided by 2, we are essentially looking for how many times the divisor (2) can be subtracted from the dividend (5) before reaching zero or a remainder less than the divisor.
For example, 5 divided by 2 equals 2 with a remainder of 1:
5 - 2 = 3
3 - 2 = 1
However, when we try to divide a number by zero, we run into a problem. In mathematics, division by zero is not defined because there is no meaningful way to determine how many times zero can be subtracted from a number to reach zero or a remainder.
If we try to calculate 5 divided by 0, we cannot find a number that we can subtract zero from to get a meaningful result. Any number subtracted by zero will still remain the same, so there is no solution.
Therefore, dividing any number by zero is considered undefined in mathematics.