72 Divided by What Equals 45?
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 72 by to equal 45?
Solving 72 Divided by What Equals 45
Here’s how you would set up this question as an equation:
72
x
=
45
\frac{72}{x} = 45
x 72 = 45
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 72:
72
=
45
∗
x
72 = 45*x
72 = 45 ∗ x
Then we can isolate x on the right side of the equation by dividing both sides by 45:
72
45
=
x
\frac{72}{45} = x
45 72 = 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
=
1.600
x = 1.600
x = 1.600
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