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48 is 12% of what number?

48 is 12% of what number?-example-1
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Answer:

I'm not sure but from my calculations,it is 400

User Mohamed Salah
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Answer:

400

Explanation:

In order to find out a percentage of something you divide the percent by 100 (12/100) to get a decimal, which would be 0.12. Now with this we already know 12% of something is 48 and in order to find what we took 12% from we divide 48 by 0.12.

48÷0.12 or 48/0.12 = 400

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