What is x when 5 divided by x equals 84?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 5 ÷ 84 = 0.05952380952381

To prove this, let's compute 5 divided by 0.05952380952381: $\frac{5}{0.05952380952381} = 84$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 5 divided by x gives a result of 84, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{5}{x} = 84$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{5 x}{x} = 84 x$
$\frac{5 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 5$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 5$ (or just $5$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $5 = 84 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 84: $\frac{5}{84} = \frac{84 x}{84}$
Which gives, after simplification: $0.05952380952381 = x$ (or $x = 0.05952380952381$ )

So, if the dividend is 5 and the quotient is 84, the divisor is 0.05952380952381.