769 is 35 percent of what number? (35% of what number is 769?)

769 is 35 percent of what number?

"769 is 35 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 35 percent of number (x), you will get 769. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "769 is 35 percent of what number (x)" like this:

35% of x = 769

To calculate 35 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 35 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

		35 ∗ x
		100

= 769

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 35 to get the x = 2197.14. Therefore, the answer to 769 is 35 percent of what number? is:

2197.14

If we substitue "what number" in the question "769 is 35 percent of what number?" with 2197.14, we get this sentence: 769 is 35 percent of 2197.14. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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