What value divided by 99 equals 15?
In other words, what would the dividend be if the divisor were 99 and the quotient 15?
To find the answer, just multiply the divisor with the quotient: 99 × 15 = 1485
To prove this, let's compute 1485 divided by 99:
How does it work?
Asking which value divided by 99 gives a result of 15 is equivalent to solving the following equation:
- We need to isolate x, so multiply both sides by 99:
- is equivalent to , which simplifies to (or just ).
- Thus:
So, if the divisor is 99 and the quotient is 15, the dividend is 1485.