What is x when 40 divided by x equals 73?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 40 ÷ 73 = 0.54794520547945

To prove this, let's compute 40 divided by 0.54794520547945: $\frac{40}{0.54794520547945} = 73$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 40 divided by x gives a result of 73, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{40}{x} = 73$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{40 x}{x} = 73 x$
$\frac{40 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 40$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 40$ (or just $40$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $40 = 73 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 73: $\frac{40}{73} = \frac{73 x}{73}$
Which gives, after simplification: $0.54794520547945 = x$ (or $x = 0.54794520547945$ )

So, if the dividend is 40 and the quotient is 73, the divisor is 0.54794520547945.