207 is 34 percent of what number? (34% of what number is 207?)

207 is 34 percent of what number?

"207 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 207. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "207 is 34 percent of what number (x)" like this:

34% of x = 207

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

= 207

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 34 to get the x = 608.82. Therefore, the answer to 207 is 34 percent of what number? is:

608.82

If we substitue "what number" in the question "207 is 34 percent of what number?" with 608.82, we get this sentence: 207 is 34 percent of 608.82. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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