569 is 20 percent of what number? (20% of what number is 569?)

569 is 20 percent of what number?

"569 is 20 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 20 percent of number (x), you will get 569. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "569 is 20 percent of what number (x)" like this:

20% of x = 569

To calculate 20 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 20 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

		20 ∗ x
		100

= 569

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 20 to get the x = 2845. Therefore, the answer to 569 is 20 percent of what number? is:

2845

If we substitue "what number" in the question "569 is 20 percent of what number?" with 2845, we get this sentence: 569 is 20 percent of 2845. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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