What is x when 56 divided by x equals 42?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 56 ÷ 42 = 1.3333333333333

To prove this, let's compute 56 divided by 1.3333333333333: $\frac{56}{1.3333333333333} = 42$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 56 divided by x gives a result of 42, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{56}{x} = 42$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{56 x}{x} = 42 x$
$\frac{56 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 56$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 56$ (or just $56$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $56 = 42 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 42: $\frac{56}{42} = \frac{42 x}{42}$
Which gives, after simplification: $1.3333333333333 = x$ (or $x = 1.3333333333333$ )

So, if the dividend is 56 and the quotient is 42, the divisor is 1.3333333333333.