72 is 29 percent of what number? (29% of what number is 72?)

72 is 29 percent of what number?

"72 is 29 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 29 percent of number (x), you will get 72. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "72 is 29 percent of what number (x)" like this:

29% of x = 72

To calculate 29 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 29 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

		29 ∗ x
		100

= 72

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 29 to get the x = 248.28. Therefore, the answer to 72 is 29 percent of what number? is:

248.28

If we substitue "what number" in the question "72 is 29 percent of what number?" with 248.28, we get this sentence: 72 is 29 percent of 248.28. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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