What is x when 37 divided by x equals 87?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 37 ÷ 87 = 0.42528735632184

To prove this, let's compute 37 divided by 0.42528735632184: $\frac{37}{0.42528735632184} = 87$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 37 divided by x gives a result of 87, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{37}{x} = 87$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{37 x}{x} = 87 x$
$\frac{37 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 37$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 37$ (or just $37$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $37 = 87 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 87: $\frac{37}{87} = \frac{87 x}{87}$
Which gives, after simplification: $0.42528735632184 = x$ (or $x = 0.42528735632184$ )

So, if the dividend is 37 and the quotient is 87, the divisor is 0.42528735632184.