What is x when 36 divided by x equals 31?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 36 ÷ 31 = 1.1612903225806

To prove this, let's compute 36 divided by 1.1612903225806: $\frac{36}{1.1612903225806} = 31$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 36 divided by x gives a result of 31, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{36}{x} = 31$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{36 x}{x} = 31 x$
$\frac{36 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 36$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 36$ (or just $36$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $36 = 31 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 31: $\frac{36}{31} = \frac{31 x}{31}$
Which gives, after simplification: $1.1612903225806 = x$ (or $x = 1.1612903225806$ )

So, if the dividend is 36 and the quotient is 31, the divisor is 1.1612903225806.