What value divided by 75 equals 25?
In other words, what would the dividend be if the divisor were 75 and the quotient 25?
To find the answer, just multiply the divisor with the quotient: 75 × 25 = 1875
To prove this, let's compute 1875 divided by 75:
How does it work?
Asking which value divided by 75 gives a result of 25 is equivalent to solving the following equation:
- We need to isolate x, so multiply both sides by 75:
- is equivalent to , which simplifies to (or just ).
- Thus:
So, if the divisor is 75 and the quotient is 25, the dividend is 1875.