What is x when 56 divided by x equals 51?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 56 ÷ 51 = 1.0980392156863

To prove this, let's compute 56 divided by 1.0980392156863: $\frac{56}{1.0980392156863} = 51$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 56 divided by x gives a result of 51, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{56}{x} = 51$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{56 x}{x} = 51 x$
$\frac{56 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 56$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 56$ (or just $56$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $56 = 51 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 51: $\frac{56}{51} = \frac{51 x}{51}$
Which gives, after simplification: $1.0980392156863 = x$ (or $x = 1.0980392156863$ )

So, if the dividend is 56 and the quotient is 51, the divisor is 1.0980392156863.