841 is 10 percent of what number? (10% of what number is 841?)

841 is 10 percent of what number?

"841 is 10 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 10 percent of number (x), you will get 841. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "841 is 10 percent of what number (x)" like this:

10% of x = 841

To calculate 10 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 10 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

		10 ∗ x
		100

= 841

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 10 to get the x = 8410. Therefore, the answer to 841 is 10 percent of what number? is:

8410

If we substitue "what number" in the question "841 is 10 percent of what number?" with 8410, we get this sentence: 841 is 10 percent of 8410. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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