47 times what equals 59?

47 times what equals 59? In other words, what do you multiply by 47 to get 59? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "47 times what equals 59?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

47 • x = 59

Which can be written as:

47x = 59

To solve the equation above, we need to remove the 47 on the left side to make the x alone. To do that, we divide both sides by 47.

47x/47 = 59/47

47x/47 is x and 59/47 is 1.2553 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 1.2553

Thus, the answer to "47 times what equals 59?" is 1.2553.

To double-check our work, multiply 1.2553 by 47 to see that it equals 59. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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