What value divided by 79 equals 18?
In other words, what would the dividend be if the divisor were 79 and the quotient 18?
To find the answer, just multiply the divisor with the quotient: 79 × 18 = 1422
To prove this, let's compute 1422 divided by 79:
How does it work?
Asking which value divided by 79 gives a result of 18 is equivalent to solving the following equation:
- We need to isolate x, so multiply both sides by 79:
- is equivalent to , which simplifies to (or just ).
- Thus:
So, if the divisor is 79 and the quotient is 18, the dividend is 1422.