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How to find 36 is 22% of what number

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percent means parts out of 100 so
22%=22/100=0.22

'of' means multiply

'is' means =

36 is 22% of what
36=0.22 times what
divide both sides by 0.22
163.636363=what

the number is163.636363....
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