66 is 75% of what number?

Kosnik asked Oct 3, 2023

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Step-by-step explanation:

Let us call the number NUMBER, then we know that

$(75)/(100)*\text{NUMBER =66}$

The above says that 75% of the number is 66.

Then how do we find the value of NUMBER?

Multiplying both sides by 100/75 gives

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