87 times what equals 61?

87 times what equals 61? In other words, what do you multiply by 87 to get 61? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "87 times what equals 61?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

87 • x = 61

Which can be written as:

87x = 61

To solve the equation above, we need to remove the 87 on the left side to make the x alone. To do that, we divide both sides by 87.

87x/87 = 61/87

87x/87 is x and 61/87 is 0.7011 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 0.7011

Thus, the answer to "87 times what equals 61?" is 0.7011.

To double-check our work, multiply 0.7011 by 87 to see that it equals 61. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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