What is x when 16 divided by x equals 55?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 16 ÷ 55 = 0.29090909090909

To prove this, let's compute 16 divided by 0.29090909090909: $\frac{16}{0.29090909090909} = 55$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 16 divided by x gives a result of 55, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{16}{x} = 55$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{16 x}{x} = 55 x$
$\frac{16 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 16$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 16$ (or just $16$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $16 = 55 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 55: $\frac{16}{55} = \frac{55 x}{55}$
Which gives, after simplification: $0.29090909090909 = x$ (or $x = 0.29090909090909$ )

So, if the dividend is 16 and the quotient is 55, the divisor is 0.29090909090909.