What is x when 86 divided by x equals 27?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 86 ÷ 27 = 3.1851851851852

To prove this, let's compute 86 divided by 3.1851851851852: $\frac{86}{3.1851851851852} = 27$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 86 divided by x gives a result of 27, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{86}{x} = 27$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{86 x}{x} = 27 x$
$\frac{86 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 86$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 86$ (or just $86$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $86 = 27 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 27: $\frac{86}{27} = \frac{27 x}{27}$
Which gives, after simplification: $3.1851851851852 = x$ (or $x = 3.1851851851852$ )

So, if the dividend is 86 and the quotient is 27, the divisor is 3.1851851851852.