What is x when 10 divided by x equals 21?

In other words, what would the divisor be if the dividend were 10 and the quotient 21?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 10 ÷ 21 = 0.47619047619048

To prove this, let's compute 10 divided by 0.47619047619048: 10 0.47619047619048 = 21

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 10 divided by x gives a result of 21, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

10 x = 21

  1. Multiply both sides by x: 10 x x = 21 x
  2. 10 x x is equivalent to x x × 10 , which simplifies to 1 × 10 (or just 10 ).
  3. Thus, the equation becomes: 10 = 21 x
  4. To find x, divide both sides by 21: 10 21 = 21 x 21
  5. Which gives, after simplification: 0.47619047619048 = x (or x = 0.47619047619048 )

So, if the dividend is 10 and the quotient is 21, the divisor is 0.47619047619048.