What is x when 86 divided by x equals 44?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 86 ÷ 44 = 1.9545454545455

To prove this, let's compute 86 divided by 1.9545454545455: $\frac{86}{1.9545454545455} = 44$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 86 divided by x gives a result of 44, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{86}{x} = 44$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{86 x}{x} = 44 x$
$\frac{86 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 86$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 86$ (or just $86$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $86 = 44 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 44: $\frac{86}{44} = \frac{44 x}{44}$
Which gives, after simplification: $1.9545454545455 = x$ (or $x = 1.9545454545455$ )

So, if the dividend is 86 and the quotient is 44, the divisor is 1.9545454545455.