19 Divided by What Equals 81?
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 19 by to equal 81?
Solving 19 Divided by What Equals 81
Here’s how you would set up this question as an equation:
19
x
=
81
\frac{19}{x} = 81
x 19 = 81
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 19:
19
=
81
∗
x
19 = 81*x
19 = 81 ∗ x
Then we can isolate x on the right side of the equation by dividing both sides by 81:
19
81
=
x
\frac{19}{81} = x
81 19 = 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
=
0.235
x = 0.235
x = 0.235
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