What is x when 81 divided by x equals 20?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 81 ÷ 20 = 4.05

To prove this, let's compute 81 divided by 4.05: $\frac{81}{4.05} = 20$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 81 divided by x gives a result of 20, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{81}{x} = 20$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{81 x}{x} = 20 x$
$\frac{81 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 81$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 81$ (or just $81$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $81 = 20 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 20: $\frac{81}{20} = \frac{20 x}{20}$
Which gives, after simplification: $4.05 = x$ (or $x = 4.05$ )

So, if the dividend is 81 and the quotient is 20, the divisor is 4.05.