What value divided by 77 equals 21?
In other words, what would the dividend be if the divisor were 77 and the quotient 21?
To find the answer, just multiply the divisor with the quotient: 77 × 21 = 1617
To prove this, let's compute 1617 divided by 77:
How does it work?
Asking which value divided by 77 gives a result of 21 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 21, the dividend is 1617.