What is x when 87 divided by x equals 85?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 87 ÷ 85 = 1.0235294117647

To prove this, let's compute 87 divided by 1.0235294117647: $\frac{87}{1.0235294117647} = 85$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 87 divided by x gives a result of 85, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{87}{x} = 85$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{87 x}{x} = 85 x$
$\frac{87 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 87$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 87$ (or just $87$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $87 = 85 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 85: $\frac{87}{85} = \frac{85 x}{85}$
Which gives, after simplification: $1.0235294117647 = x$ (or $x = 1.0235294117647$ )

So, if the dividend is 87 and the quotient is 85, the divisor is 1.0235294117647.