What is x when 79 divided by x equals 77?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 79 ÷ 77 = 1.025974025974

To prove this, let's compute 79 divided by 1.025974025974: $\frac{79}{1.025974025974} = 77$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 79 divided by x gives a result of 77, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{79}{x} = 77$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{79 x}{x} = 77 x$
$\frac{79 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 79$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 79$ (or just $79$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $79 = 77 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 77: $\frac{79}{77} = \frac{77 x}{77}$
Which gives, after simplification: $1.025974025974 = x$ (or $x = 1.025974025974$ )

So, if the dividend is 79 and the quotient is 77, the divisor is 1.025974025974.