73 times what equals 45?

73 times what equals 45? In other words, what do you multiply by 73 to get 45? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "73 times what equals 45?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

73 • x = 45

Which can be written as:

73x = 45

To solve the equation above, we need to remove the 73 on the left side to make the x alone. To do that, we divide both sides by 73.

73x/73 = 45/73

73x/73 is x and 45/73 is 0.6164 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 0.6164

Thus, the answer to "73 times what equals 45?" is 0.6164.

To double-check our work, multiply 0.6164 by 73 to see that it equals 45. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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