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7.5 is 15% of what number?

User Ajeetkumar
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Let the number be x. So equation for x is,


\begin{gathered} (15)/(100)\cdot x=7.5 \\ x=(7.5\cdot100)/(15) \\ =(750)/(15) \\ =50 \end{gathered}

The number is 50.

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