200 is 34 percent of what number?


"200 is 34 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 34 percent of number (x), you will get 200. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "200 is 34 percent of what number (x)" like this:

34% of x = 200

To calculate 34 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 34 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

   
34 ∗ x
 
   
100
  =  200  

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 34 to get the x = 588.24. Therefore, the answer to 200 is 34 percent of what number? is:

588.24


If we substitue "what number" in the question "200 is 34 percent of what number?" with 588.24, we get this sentence: 200 is 34 percent of 588.24. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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