Question

Use the percent formula, A = PB, where A is P percent of B, to answer the following question: "28% of what number is 56.0?" Please provide the necessary calculations to find the number B in this context.

Answer 1

To find the number B for which 28% of it is 56, we set up the equation 56 = (28/100) × B and solve for B, giving us B = 200.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given that '28% of what number is 56.0?' and are asked to find the number B. The formula for calculating the percent of a number is A = PB, where A is P percent of B.

Here, A is 56.0, and P is 28%. So our equation becomes:

56.0 = (28/100) × B

To find B, we divide both sides of the equation by (28/100):

B = 56.0 / (28/100)

B = 56.0 × (100/28)

B = 200

Therefore, 28% of 200 is 56.0.