21 Divided by What Equals 71?
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 21 by to equal 71?
Solving 21 Divided by What Equals 71
Here’s how you would set up this question as an equation:
21
x
=
71
\frac{21}{x} = 71
x 21 = 71
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 21:
21
=
71
∗
x
21 = 71*x
21 = 71 ∗ x
Then we can isolate x on the right side of the equation by dividing both sides by 71:
21
71
=
x
\frac{21}{71} = x
71 21 = 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
=
0.296
x = 0.296
x = 0.296
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