<P> Most calculators will either return an error or state that 1 / 0 is undefined; however, some TI and HP graphing calculators will evaluate (1 / 0) to ∞ . </P> <P> Microsoft Math and Mathematica return ComplexInfinity for 1 / 0 . Maple and SageMath return an error message for 1 / 0, and infinity for 1 / 0.0 (0.0 tells these systems to use floating point arithmetic instead of algebraic arithmetic). </P> <Ul> <Li> On September 21, 1997, a division by zero error in the "Remote Data Base Manager" aboard USS Yorktown (CG - 48) brought down all the machines on the network, causing the ship's propulsion system to fail . </Li> </Ul> <Li> On September 21, 1997, a division by zero error in the "Remote Data Base Manager" aboard USS Yorktown (CG - 48) brought down all the machines on the network, causing the ship's propulsion system to fail . </Li>

What happens if a number is divided by zero