Question

15 is 15% of what number?

Answer 1

15% of 100 is 15
The answer is 100

Answer 2

The answer is 100, but let me show you my steps to find it

15 is 15% of what?

15 is 15% of X

Equation: Y = P% * X

Solving our equation for X
X = Y/P%
X = 15/15%

Converting percent to decimal:
p = 15%/100 = 0.15

X = 15/0.15
X = 100

Hope it helped :)