What value divided by 25 equals 74?
In other words, what would the dividend be if the divisor were 25 and the quotient 74?
To find the answer, just multiply the divisor with the quotient: 25 × 74 = 1850
To prove this, let's compute 1850 divided by 25:
How does it work?
Asking which value divided by 25 gives a result of 74 is equivalent to solving the following equation:
- We need to isolate x, so multiply both sides by 25:
- is equivalent to , which simplifies to (or just ).
- Thus:
So, if the divisor is 25 and the quotient is 74, the dividend is 1850.