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Maggi has 10 cookie packets. He wants to divide them among zero persons. Is it possible to divide? Justify your answer.
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No — you cannot divide 10 packets among 0 persons. Division by zero is undefined.
Justification (algebraic): if you assume 10 ÷ 0 = x, then x would have to satisfy 0·x = 10. But 0 times any real number is 0, so 0·x cannot equal 10. That is a contradiction, so no such x exists.
Intuitive: “Dividing among 0 people” is meaningless — there are no recipients to receive shares. Hence you cannot perform the division.
Justification (algebraic): if you assume 10 ÷ 0 = x, then x would have to satisfy 0·x = 10. But 0 times any real number is 0, so 0·x cannot equal 10. That is a contradiction, so no such x exists.
Intuitive: “Dividing among 0 people” is meaningless — there are no recipients to receive shares. Hence you cannot perform the division.
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