What value divided by 74 equals 24?
In other words, what would the dividend be if the divisor were 74 and the quotient 24?
To find the answer, just multiply the divisor with the quotient: 74 × 24 = 1776
To prove this, let's compute 1776 divided by 74:
How does it work?
Asking which value divided by 74 gives a result of 24 is equivalent to solving the following equation:
- We need to isolate x, so multiply both sides by 74:
- is equivalent to , which simplifies to (or just ).
- Thus:
So, if the divisor is 74 and the quotient is 24, the dividend is 1776.