48 Divided by What Equals 27?
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 48 by to equal 27?
Solving 48 Divided by What Equals 27
Here’s how you would set up this question as an equation:
48
x
=
27
\frac{48}{x} = 27
x 48 = 27
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 48:
48
=
27
∗
x
48 = 27*x
48 = 27 ∗ x
Then we can isolate x on the right side of the equation by dividing both sides by 27:
48
27
=
x
\frac{48}{27} = x
27 48 = 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
=
1.778
x = 1.778
x = 1.778
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