Why can't I text-align property to a hyperlink?

In this exercise, the link is inside the div, but my text is only centered if I use the text-align property in the div. If I try using it directly on ‘a’ selector, it won’t align my text.

Check screenshot for situation #1, where text-align is in the div: https://www.diigo.com/item/image/4qlwr/gx0p

Situation #2, where text-align is in ‘a’, and text is not centered: https://www.diigo.com/item/image/4qlwr/brvo

Answer 534b9221548c3589f900215a

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because if you assign the text-align center property to the div, it will align everything inside the div. but if you assign the text-align center to the link, the computer doesn’t know to centralize it. the computer can’t tell where to what element it should centralize.

text-align propertys should always be assigned to div elements, block elements so that the computer knows: the text in this box needs to be centralized. if you assign it to the link, it doesn’t know to which block it should be centralized.