34 Divided by What Equals 9?
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 34 by to equal 9?
Solving 34 Divided by What Equals 9
Here’s how you would set up this question as an equation:
34
x
=
9
\frac{34}{x} = 9
x 34 = 9
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 34:
34
=
9
∗
x
34 = 9*x
34 = 9 ∗ x
Then we can isolate x on the right side of the equation by dividing both sides by 9:
34
9
=
x
\frac{34}{9} = x
9 34 = 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
=
3.778
x = 3.778
x = 3.778
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