What is x when 55 divided by x equals 27?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 55 ÷ 27 = 2.037037037037

To prove this, let's compute 55 divided by 2.037037037037: $\frac{55}{2.037037037037} = 27$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 55 divided by x gives a result of 27, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{55}{x} = 27$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{55 x}{x} = 27 x$
$\frac{55 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 55$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 55$ (or just $55$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $55 = 27 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 27: $\frac{55}{27} = \frac{27 x}{27}$
Which gives, after simplification: $2.037037037037 = x$ (or $x = 2.037037037037$ )

So, if the dividend is 55 and the quotient is 27, the divisor is 2.037037037037.