61 Divided by What Equals 75?
Methods
Setting up the problem:
In a problem like this, the “what” means that we’re working with a variable. The most common variable used in math is “x”. So we could say what number, x can we divide 61 by to equal 75?
Solving 61 Divided by What Equals 75
Here’s how you would set up this question as an equation:
61
x
=
75
\frac{61}{x} = 75
x 61 = 75
The goal of the problem is to solve for x. To do this we need to change the equation so that x is alone on one side of the equation.In this case, it can be done in two steps. The first step is to multiply both sides by x to isolate 61:
61
=
75
∗
x
61 = 75*x
61 = 75 ∗ x
Then we can isolate x on the right side of the equation by dividing both sides by 75:
61
75
=
x
\frac{61}{75} = x
75 61 = x
When we simplify the new equation, we can solve for x. In this example, we will round to the nearest three decimal places if that’s needed.
x
=
0.813
x = 0.813
x = 0.813
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