What is x when 87 divided by x equals 62?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 87 ÷ 62 = 1.4032258064516

To prove this, let's compute 87 divided by 1.4032258064516: $\frac{87}{1.4032258064516} = 62$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 87 divided by x gives a result of 62, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{87}{x} = 62$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{87 x}{x} = 62 x$
$\frac{87 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 87$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 87$ (or just $87$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $87 = 62 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 62: $\frac{87}{62} = \frac{62 x}{62}$
Which gives, after simplification: $1.4032258064516 = x$ (or $x = 1.4032258064516$ )

So, if the dividend is 87 and the quotient is 62, the divisor is 1.4032258064516.