can -2 be divided by 0???

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No.

Reason: Division works because it can be checked by doing multiplication:

For instance 6 ÷ 2 = 3, because 3 x 2 = 6.

To have -2 ÷ 0 = some number means that some number x 0 = 2;

but there is no number that multiplied by 0 will give you 2.

geno3141 Dec 2, 2014

geno3141 · Answer 1 · 2014-12-02T02:03:07

No.

Reason: Division works because it can be checked by doing multiplication:

For instance 6 ÷ 2 = 3, because 3 x 2 = 6.

To have -2 ÷ 0 = some number means that some number x 0 = 2;

but there is no number that multiplied by 0 will give you 2.