What is x when 49 divided by x equals 85?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 49 ÷ 85 = 0.57647058823529

To prove this, let's compute 49 divided by 0.57647058823529: $\frac{49}{0.57647058823529} = 85$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 49 divided by x gives a result of 85, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{49}{x} = 85$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{49 x}{x} = 85 x$
$\frac{49 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 49$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 49$ (or just $49$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $49 = 85 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 85: $\frac{49}{85} = \frac{85 x}{85}$
Which gives, after simplification: $0.57647058823529 = x$ (or $x = 0.57647058823529$ )

So, if the dividend is 49 and the quotient is 85, the divisor is 0.57647058823529.