What is x when 31 divided by x equals 56?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 31 ÷ 56 = 0.55357142857143

To prove this, let's compute 31 divided by 0.55357142857143: $\frac{31}{0.55357142857143} = 56$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 31 divided by x gives a result of 56, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{31}{x} = 56$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{31 x}{x} = 56 x$
$\frac{31 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 31$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 31$ (or just $31$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $31 = 56 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 56: $\frac{31}{56} = \frac{56 x}{56}$
Which gives, after simplification: $0.55357142857143 = x$ (or $x = 0.55357142857143$ )

So, if the dividend is 31 and the quotient is 56, the divisor is 0.55357142857143.