Why dividing by 0 crashes the program?

Answer 1

did you skip math class?

Answer 2

If you don't like that use JavaScript, there
5/0 = Infinity 😃

Answer 3

I don't find your question absurd. You must be really young, don't worry about it, it's advanced math.

Basically, division by zero is UNDEFINED for REAL NUMBERS, that's why it crashes.

For example, in ordinary arithmetic:
a/b = c
a: numerator
b: denominator
c: quotient

The uniqueness of division lies in the ability of recovering the numerator ("a") by inverting the process of multiplication: a = c*b
For example:
10/5 = 2 inverting multiplication: 10 = 2*5

But this uniqueness breaks down when dividing by zero, since there is no number which multiplied by zero gives the numerator "a" (assuming "a" is not equal to zero, of course)
Examples of incorrect arithmetic divisions:
10/0 = 2 inverting multiplication: 10 != 2*0
10/0 = 0 inverting multiplication: 10 != 0*0
10/0 = 5 inverting multiplication: 10 != 0*5
(" != " means "is not equal to")

Although division by zero is UNDEFINED for REAL NUMBERS, you can study this using LIMITS, which may approach INFINITY (∞)

Ask yourself: What if I wanted to divide 0/0? What about ∞/∞? and if I wanted to multiply 0 * ∞? Do the subtraction ∞ − ∞? Can I raise 1 to the power of ∞? 0 to the power of 0? Maybe ∞^0?

These are called INDETERMINATE FORMS, you're going to be able to find the answers in a Calculus class.

Stay curious 😊

Answer 4

Bro, you cannot divide anything from 0.
How can you take 5 chocolates from 0??
OR
What fraction of 0 is 5??
What is the answer here man?
Hope you got it :-)

Answer 5

there are the reason behind we don't know actual value
that is not complete zero its near to zero like 0.000000000000001
when this value is divided by any number it will give large uncountable value (mathematic rule)
that's why it crash the program

Answer 6

LoL