162 is 35 percent of what number? (35% of what number is 162?)

162 is 35 percent of what number?

"162 is 35 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 35 percent of number (x), you will get 162. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "162 is 35 percent of what number (x)" like this:

35% of x = 162

To calculate 35 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 35 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

		35 ∗ x
		100

= 162

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 35 to get the x = 462.86. Therefore, the answer to 162 is 35 percent of what number? is:

462.86

If we substitue "what number" in the question "162 is 35 percent of what number?" with 462.86, we get this sentence: 162 is 35 percent of 462.86. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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