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The number 37.41 is 21.75% of what number?

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This is a question on percentages. We are given a number (37.41) that is a percentage (21.75%) of another and asked to find the whole number of which it is a fraction of.

Our approach is to create an algebraic relationship and solve for the unkown.

We have:


(21.75)/(100)* x=37.41

Next we solve for x.


\begin{gathered} We\text{ simply divide both sides by }(21.75)/(100) \\ x=37.41/(21.75)/(100)=37.41*(100)/(21.75) \\ x=172 \end{gathered}

x = 172

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