What is x when 78 divided by x equals 50?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 78 ÷ 50 = 1.56

To prove this, let's compute 78 divided by 1.56: $\frac{78}{1.56} = 50$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 78 divided by x gives a result of 50, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{78}{x} = 50$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{78 x}{x} = 50 x$
$\frac{78 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 78$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 78$ (or just $78$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $78 = 50 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 50: $\frac{78}{50} = \frac{50 x}{50}$
Which gives, after simplification: $1.56 = x$ (or $x = 1.56$ )

So, if the dividend is 78 and the quotient is 50, the divisor is 1.56.