36 times what equals 79?

36 times what equals 79? In other words, what do you multiply by 36 to get 79? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "36 times what equals 79?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

36 • x = 79

Which can be written as:

36x = 79

To solve the equation above, we need to remove the 36 on the left side to make the x alone. To do that, we divide both sides by 36.

36x/36 = 79/36

36x/36 is x and 79/36 is 2.1944 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 2.1944

Thus, the answer to "36 times what equals 79?" is 2.1944.

To double-check our work, multiply 2.1944 by 36 to see that it equals 79. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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