What is x when 6 divided by x equals 5?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 6 ÷ 5 = 1.2

To prove this, let's compute 6 divided by 1.2: $\frac{6}{1.2} = 5$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 6 divided by x gives a result of 5, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{6}{x} = 5$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{6 x}{x} = 5 x$
$\frac{6 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 6$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 6$ (or just $6$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $6 = 5 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 5: $\frac{6}{5} = \frac{5 x}{5}$
Which gives, after simplification: $1.2 = x$ (or $x = 1.2$ )

So, if the dividend is 6 and the quotient is 5, the divisor is 1.2.