What value divided by 29 equals 42?
In other words, what would the dividend be if the divisor were 29 and the quotient 42?
To find the answer, just multiply the divisor with the quotient: 29 × 42 = 1218
To prove this, let's compute 1218 divided by 29:
How does it work?
Asking which value divided by 29 gives a result of 42 is equivalent to solving the following equation:
- We need to isolate x, so multiply both sides by 29:
- is equivalent to , which simplifies to (or just ).
- Thus:
So, if the divisor is 29 and the quotient is 42, the dividend is 1218.