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Hello im using masm to divide two numbers and get a divide overflow error once I execute the file. I don't see why I am getting that output when the quotient is not larger then 16 digits. Why am i getting a overflow error?

Here is the code

title Overflow Program	(overflow.asm)

 
.model small 
.stack 100h 
.data


.code

main proc
     mov ax,@data
     mov ds,ax
 
     mov ax,44 ; place 44 in ax reg
     mov bx,2  ; place 2 in bx reg
     div bx ; div 44 by 2 place quotient in ax and remainder in dx
      
     mov ax,4C00h 
     int 21h 
main endp 
end main
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Just made the error of not initializing my dx.

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