What value divided by 77 equals 28?
In other words, what would the dividend be if the divisor were 77 and the quotient 28?
To find the answer, just multiply the divisor with the quotient: 77 × 28 = 2156
To prove this, let's compute 2156 divided by 77:
How does it work?
Asking which value divided by 77 gives a result of 28 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 28, the dividend is 2156.