What is x when 40 divided by x equals 46?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 40 ÷ 46 = 0.8695652173913

To prove this, let's compute 40 divided by 0.8695652173913: $\frac{40}{0.8695652173913} = 46$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 40 divided by x gives a result of 46, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{40}{x} = 46$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{40 x}{x} = 46 x$
$\frac{40 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 40$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 40$ (or just $40$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $40 = 46 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 46: $\frac{40}{46} = \frac{46 x}{46}$
Which gives, after simplification: $0.8695652173913 = x$ (or $x = 0.8695652173913$ )

So, if the dividend is 40 and the quotient is 46, the divisor is 0.8695652173913.