## ÷ Divide

Two-argument form See also one-argument form Reciprocal

Divides the number(s) in the left-hand argument by the number(s) in the right- hand argument.

                 9÷3                     (One number is divided by another)
           3
                 0÷0                     (This is a special case)
           1
                 21 15 75 13÷5           (Division of each number in a vector by
           4.2 3 15 2.6                   a single number)
                 12 8 24÷2 8 6           (Each number in one vector is divided by the
           6 1 4                          corresponding number in another vector)
                 TABLE „ 2 5 ½ ¼ 10      (Numbers 1 to 10 assigned to TABLE.
                 TABLE÷10                (Each number in TABLE is divided by 10
           0.1  0.2  0.3  0.4  0.5
           0.6  0.7  0.8  0.9  1
                 TABLE÷TABLE             (Each number in one matrix is divided by the
           1 1 1 1 1                      corresponding number in another of the same
           1 1 1 1 1                      size and dimensions)
                 1 ÷5 (¼5)               (1 divided by each element on the right)
            0.2  1 0.5 0.3333333333 0.25 0.2
                 2  3÷5 (¼4) (¼5)        (Arguments must be the same length)
           LENGTH ERROR
                 2 3÷5(¼4)(¼5)
                 ^
                 (¼4) 10 (¼3)÷ 5 (2 2 ½¼4) (¼3)
            0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8       10                 5               1 1 1
                                   3.333333333       2.5
                                         (Corresponding elements divided)

If the right argument contains a zero, APLX will generate a `DOMAIN ERROR`.

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