What value divided by 57 equals 21?
In other words, what would the dividend be if the divisor were 57 and the quotient 21?
To find the answer, just multiply the divisor with the quotient: 57 × 21 = 1197
To prove this, let's compute 1197 divided by 57:
How does it work?
Asking which value divided by 57 gives a result of 21 is equivalent to solving the following equation:
- We need to isolate x, so multiply both sides by 57:
- is equivalent to , which simplifies to (or just ).
- Thus:
So, if the divisor is 57 and the quotient is 21, the dividend is 1197.