42 times what equals 38?

42 times what equals 38? In other words, what do you multiply by 42 to get 38? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "42 times what equals 38?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

42 • x = 38

Which can be written as:

42x = 38

To solve the equation above, we need to remove the 42 on the left side to make the x alone. To do that, we divide both sides by 42.

42x/42 = 38/42

42x/42 is x and 38/42 is 0.9048 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 0.9048

Thus, the answer to "42 times what equals 38?" is 0.9048.

To double-check our work, multiply 0.9048 by 42 to see that it equals 38. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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