291 is 15 percent of what number? (15% of what number is 291?)

291 is 15 percent of what number?

"291 is 15 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 15 percent of number (x), you will get 291. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "291 is 15 percent of what number (x)" like this:

15% of x = 291

To calculate 15 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 15 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

		15 ∗ x
		100

= 291

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 15 to get the x = 1940. Therefore, the answer to 291 is 15 percent of what number? is:

1940

If we substitue "what number" in the question "291 is 15 percent of what number?" with 1940, we get this sentence: 291 is 15 percent of 1940. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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