What is x when 48 divided by x equals 36?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 48 ÷ 36 = 1.3333333333333

To prove this, let's compute 48 divided by 1.3333333333333: $\frac{48}{1.3333333333333} = 36$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 48 divided by x gives a result of 36, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{48}{x} = 36$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{48 x}{x} = 36 x$
$\frac{48 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 48$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 48$ (or just $48$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $48 = 36 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 36: $\frac{48}{36} = \frac{36 x}{36}$
Which gives, after simplification: $1.3333333333333 = x$ (or $x = 1.3333333333333$ )

So, if the dividend is 48 and the quotient is 36, the divisor is 1.3333333333333.