703 is 33 percent of what number? (33% of what number is 703?)

703 is 33 percent of what number?

"703 is 33 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 33 percent of number (x), you will get 703. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "703 is 33 percent of what number (x)" like this:

33% of x = 703

To calculate 33 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 33 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

		33 ∗ x
		100

= 703

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 33 to get the x = 2130.3. Therefore, the answer to 703 is 33 percent of what number? is:

2130.3

If we substitue "what number" in the question "703 is 33 percent of what number?" with 2130.3, we get this sentence: 703 is 33 percent of 2130.3. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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