950 is 28 percent of what number? (28% of what number is 950?)

950 is 28 percent of what number?

"950 is 28 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 28 percent of number (x), you will get 950. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "950 is 28 percent of what number (x)" like this:

28% of x = 950

To calculate 28 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 28 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

		28 ∗ x
		100

= 950

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 28 to get the x = 3392.86. Therefore, the answer to 950 is 28 percent of what number? is:

3392.86

If we substitue "what number" in the question "950 is 28 percent of what number?" with 3392.86, we get this sentence: 950 is 28 percent of 3392.86. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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