What value divided by 77 equals 15?
In other words, what would the dividend be if the divisor were 77 and the quotient 15?
To find the answer, just multiply the divisor with the quotient: 77 × 15 = 1155
To prove this, let's compute 1155 divided by 77:
How does it work?
Asking which value divided by 77 gives a result of 15 is equivalent to solving the following equation:
- We need to isolate x, so multiply both sides by 77:
- is equivalent to , which simplifies to (or just ).
- Thus:
So, if the divisor is 77 and the quotient is 15, the dividend is 1155.