What value divided by 85 equals 15?
In other words, what would the dividend be if the divisor were 85 and the quotient 15?
To find the answer, just multiply the divisor with the quotient: 85 × 15 = 1275
To prove this, let's compute 1275 divided by 85:
How does it work?
Asking which value divided by 85 gives a result of 15 is equivalent to solving the following equation:
- We need to isolate x, so multiply both sides by 85:
- is equivalent to , which simplifies to (or just ).
- Thus:
So, if the divisor is 85 and the quotient is 15, the dividend is 1275.