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<h1 id="function-divide">Function divide <a href="#function-divide" title="Permalink">#</a></h1>
Divide two values, `x / y`.
To divide matrices, `x` is multiplied with the inverse of `y`: `x * inv(y)`.
<h2 id="syntax">Syntax <a href="#syntax" title="Permalink">#</a></h2>
```js
math.divide(x, y)
```
<h3 id="parameters">Parameters <a href="#parameters" title="Permalink">#</a></h3>
Parameter | Type | Description
--------- | ---- | -----------
`x` | number &#124; BigNumber &#124; bigint &#124; Fraction &#124; Complex &#124; Unit &#124; Array &#124; Matrix | Numerator
`y` | number &#124; BigNumber &#124; bigint &#124; Fraction &#124; Complex &#124; Array &#124; Matrix | Denominator
<h3 id="returns">Returns <a href="#returns" title="Permalink">#</a></h3>
Type | Description
---- | -----------
number &#124; BigNumber &#124; bigint &#124; Fraction &#124; Complex &#124; Unit &#124; Array &#124; Matrix | Quotient, `x / y`
<h3 id="throws">Throws <a href="#throws" title="Permalink">#</a></h3>
Type | Description
---- | -----------
<h2 id="examples">Examples <a href="#examples" title="Permalink">#</a></h2>
```js
math.divide(2, 3) // returns number 0.6666666666666666
const a = math.complex(5, 14)
const b = math.complex(4, 1)
math.divide(a, b) // returns Complex 2 + 3i
const c = [[7, -6], [13, -4]]
const d = [[1, 2], [4, 3]]
math.divide(c, d) // returns Array [[-9, 4], [-11, 6]]
const e = math.unit('18 km')
math.divide(e, 4.5) // returns Unit 4 km
```
<h2 id="see-also">See also <a href="#see-also" title="Permalink">#</a></h2>
[multiply](multiply.html)