43 is 34 percent of what number? (34% of what number is 43?)

43 is 34 percent of what number?

"43 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 43. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "43 is 34 percent of what number (x)" like this:

34% of x = 43

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

= 43

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 34 to get the x = 126.47. Therefore, the answer to 43 is 34 percent of what number? is:

126.47

If we substitue "what number" in the question "43 is 34 percent of what number?" with 126.47, we get this sentence: 43 is 34 percent of 126.47. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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