42 times what equals 71?

42 times what equals 71? In other words, what do you multiply by 42 to get 71? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "42 times what equals 71?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

42 • x = 71

Which can be written as:

42x = 71

To solve the equation above, we need to remove the 42 on the left side to make the x alone. To do that, we divide both sides by 42.

42x/42 = 71/42

42x/42 is x and 71/42 is 1.6905 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 1.6905

Thus, the answer to "42 times what equals 71?" is 1.6905.

To double-check our work, multiply 1.6905 by 42 to see that it equals 71. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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