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18 is 40 Percebt of what number?

User Emre Akcan
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Let's use the variable x to represent the number we want to find.

If 18 is 40% of x, we have:


\begin{gathered} 40\text{\%}\cdot x=18 \\ \text{0}.4x=18 \\ x=(18)/(0.4) \\ x=45 \end{gathered}

So 18 is 40% of 45.

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