What is x when 60 divided by x equals 72?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 60 ÷ 72 = 0.83333333333333

To prove this, let's compute 60 divided by 0.83333333333333: $\frac{60}{0.83333333333333} = 72$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 60 divided by x gives a result of 72, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{60}{x} = 72$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{60 x}{x} = 72 x$
$\frac{60 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 60$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 60$ (or just $60$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $60 = 72 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 72: $\frac{60}{72} = \frac{72 x}{72}$
Which gives, after simplification: $0.83333333333333 = x$ (or $x = 0.83333333333333$ )

So, if the dividend is 60 and the quotient is 72, the divisor is 0.83333333333333.