28 Divided by What Equals 69?
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 28 by to equal 69?
Solving 28 Divided by What Equals 69
Here’s how you would set up this question as an equation:
28
x
=
69
\frac{28}{x} = 69
x 28 = 69
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 28:
28
=
69
∗
x
28 = 69*x
28 = 69 ∗ x
Then we can isolate x on the right side of the equation by dividing both sides by 69:
28
69
=
x
\frac{28}{69} = x
69 28 = 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
=
0.406
x = 0.406
x = 0.406
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