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Translate to a proportion and solve. 47.12 is 76% of what?

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Given: 47.12 is 76% of what?​

Let the number is x

so,

76% of x = 47.12

so, the expression will be :


\begin{gathered} 76\%\cdot x=47.12 \\ \\ 0.76\cdot x=47.12 \\ \\ x=(47.12)/(0.76)=62 \end{gathered}

So, the answer is: the number = 62

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