What is x when 100 divided by x equals 24?

In other words, what would the divisor be if the dividend were 100 and the quotient 24?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 100 ÷ 24 = 4.1666666666667

To prove this, let's compute 100 divided by 4.1666666666667: 100 4.1666666666667 = 24

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 100 divided by x gives a result of 24, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

100 x = 24

  1. Multiply both sides by x: 100 x x = 24 x
  2. 100 x x is equivalent to x x × 100 , which simplifies to 1 × 100 (or just 100 ).
  3. Thus, the equation becomes: 100 = 24 x
  4. To find x, divide both sides by 24: 100 24 = 24 x 24
  5. Which gives, after simplification: 4.1666666666667 = x (or x = 4.1666666666667 )

So, if the dividend is 100 and the quotient is 24, the divisor is 4.1666666666667.