What is x when 10 divided by x equals 78?

In other words, what would the divisor be if the dividend were 10 and the quotient 78?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 10 ÷ 78 = 0.12820512820513

To prove this, let's compute 10 divided by 0.12820512820513: 10 0.12820512820513 = 78

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 10 divided by x gives a result of 78, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

10 x = 78

  1. Multiply both sides by x: 10 x x = 78 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 = 78 x
  4. To find x, divide both sides by 78: 10 78 = 78 x 78
  5. Which gives, after simplification: 0.12820512820513 = x (or x = 0.12820512820513 )

So, if the dividend is 10 and the quotient is 78, the divisor is 0.12820512820513.