589 is 7 percent of what number? (7% of what number is 589?)

589 is 7 percent of what number?

"589 is 7 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 7 percent of number (x), you will get 589. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "589 is 7 percent of what number (x)" like this:

7% of x = 589

To calculate 7 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 7 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

		7 ∗ x
		100

= 589

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 7 to get the x = 8414.29. Therefore, the answer to 589 is 7 percent of what number? is:

8414.29

If we substitue "what number" in the question "589 is 7 percent of what number?" with 8414.29, we get this sentence: 589 is 7 percent of 8414.29. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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