You may have noticed that the DIVIDE function accepted three parameters and you only provided two. The third parameter allows you to set an alternative result for divide by zero occurrences. This alternate result is optional. Optional parameters are denoted by square brackets on both sides of the parameter. These optional parameters are prevalent in many DAX functions. Take a look at the following screenshot:
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