738 is 13 percent of what number? (13% of what number is 738?)

738 is 13 percent of what number?

"738 is 13 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 13 percent of number (x), you will get 738. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "738 is 13 percent of what number (x)" like this:

13% of x = 738

To calculate 13 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 13 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

		13 ∗ x
		100

= 738

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 13 to get the x = 5676.92. Therefore, the answer to 738 is 13 percent of what number? is:

5676.92

If we substitue "what number" in the question "738 is 13 percent of what number?" with 5676.92, we get this sentence: 738 is 13 percent of 5676.92. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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