717 is 30 percent of what number? (30% of what number is 717?)

717 is 30 percent of what number?

"717 is 30 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 30 percent of number (x), you will get 717. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "717 is 30 percent of what number (x)" like this:

30% of x = 717

To calculate 30 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 30 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

		30 ∗ x
		100

= 717

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 30 to get the x = 2390. Therefore, the answer to 717 is 30 percent of what number? is:

2390

If we substitue "what number" in the question "717 is 30 percent of what number?" with 2390, we get this sentence: 717 is 30 percent of 2390. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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