Question

The difference between 58% of a number and 39% of the same number is 247. what is 62% of that number

Answer 1

62% of the number = 806

Step-by-step explanation

We are told that that the difference between 58% of a number and 39% of the same number is 247.

We are then asked to compute 62% of the number.

Let the number be x.

From the first statement,

58% of x = 0.58 × x = 0.58x

39% of x = 0.39 × x = 0.39x

The difference between them is 247

0.58x - 0.39x = 247

0.19x = 247

Divide both sides by 0.19

(0.19x/0.19) = (247/0.19)

x = 1300

So, we can now calculate 62% of the number

62% of x = 0.62 × x = 0.62 × 1300 = 806

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