What is x when 7 divided by x equals 52?

In other words, what would the divisor be if the dividend were 7 and the quotient 52?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 7 ÷ 52 = 0.13461538461538

To prove this, let's compute 7 divided by 0.13461538461538: 7 0.13461538461538 = 52

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 7 divided by x gives a result of 52, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

7 x = 52

  1. Multiply both sides by x: 7 x x = 52 x
  2. 7 x x is equivalent to x x × 7 , which simplifies to 1 × 7 (or just 7 ).
  3. Thus, the equation becomes: 7 = 52 x
  4. To find x, divide both sides by 52: 7 52 = 52 x 52
  5. Which gives, after simplification: 0.13461538461538 = x (or x = 0.13461538461538 )

So, if the dividend is 7 and the quotient is 52, the divisor is 0.13461538461538.