What is x when 40 divided by x equals 20?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 40 ÷ 20 = 2

To prove this, let's compute 40 divided by 2: $\frac{40}{2} = 20$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 40 divided by x gives a result of 20, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{40}{x} = 20$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{40 x}{x} = 20 x$
$\frac{40 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 40$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 40$ (or just $40$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $40 = 20 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 20: $\frac{40}{20} = \frac{20 x}{20}$
Which gives, after simplification: $2 = x$ (or $x = 2$ )

So, if the dividend is 40 and the quotient is 20, the divisor is 2.