What is x when 10 divided by x equals 99?

In other words, what would the divisor be if the dividend were 10 and the quotient 99?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 10 ÷ 99 = 0.1010101010101

To prove this, let's compute 10 divided by 0.1010101010101: 10 0.1010101010101 = 99

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 10 divided by x gives a result of 99, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

10 x = 99

  1. Multiply both sides by x: 10 x x = 99 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 = 99 x
  4. To find x, divide both sides by 99: 10 99 = 99 x 99
  5. Which gives, after simplification: 0.1010101010101 = x (or x = 0.1010101010101 )

So, if the dividend is 10 and the quotient is 99, the divisor is 0.1010101010101.