the concept of dividing by 0 being 'undefined' has always made sense to me. like, on an intuitive level. today i was trying to explain it to someone who was confused by this property, and despite my best efforts, they just didn't get it. but now i'm wondering if i'm the one who misunderstood it. i'm gonna attempt to explain it to u, because i know you understand math. and maybe u can tell me if there's a flaw in my explanation/understanding. to divide a number by x, you split it into x many pieces. 8/2=4, because each of the two equal pieces of eight = four. or, 8/5=1.6, because each of the five equal pieces of eight = one and six-tenths. so, to get zero equal pieces of eight, you need to find a value that when added zero times = eight. and there isn't a value like that. do u think that makes sense (how i said it)?
sure