26 times what equals 86?

26 times what equals 86? In other words, what do you multiply by 26 to get 86? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "26 times what equals 86?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

26 • x = 86

Which can be written as:

26x = 86

To solve the equation above, we need to remove the 26 on the left side to make the x alone. To do that, we divide both sides by 26.

26x/26 = 86/26

26x/26 is x and 86/26 is 3.3077 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 3.3077

Thus, the answer to "26 times what equals 86?" is 3.3077.

To double-check our work, multiply 3.3077 by 26 to see that it equals 86. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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