What is x when 56 divided by x equals 78?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 56 ÷ 78 = 0.71794871794872

To prove this, let's compute 56 divided by 0.71794871794872: $\frac{56}{0.71794871794872} = 78$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 56 divided by x gives a result of 78, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{56}{x} = 78$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{56 x}{x} = 78 x$
$\frac{56 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 56$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 56$ (or just $56$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $56 = 78 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 78: $\frac{56}{78} = \frac{78 x}{78}$
Which gives, after simplification: $0.71794871794872 = x$ (or $x = 0.71794871794872$ )

So, if the dividend is 56 and the quotient is 78, the divisor is 0.71794871794872.