What is x when 55 divided by x equals 53?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 55 ÷ 53 = 1.0377358490566

To prove this, let's compute 55 divided by 1.0377358490566: $\frac{55}{1.0377358490566} = 53$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 55 divided by x gives a result of 53, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{55}{x} = 53$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{55 x}{x} = 53 x$
$\frac{55 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 55$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 55$ (or just $55$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $55 = 53 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 53: $\frac{55}{53} = \frac{53 x}{53}$
Which gives, after simplification: $1.0377358490566 = x$ (or $x = 1.0377358490566$ )

So, if the dividend is 55 and the quotient is 53, the divisor is 1.0377358490566.