Question

6 is 15% of what number

Answer 1

From the problem, 6 is the 15% of a number.

Translating it to an equation :

`6=15\%* N`

where N is the number.

Note that 15% = 0.15

So the number is :

`\begin{gathered} 6=0.15N \\ N=(6)/(0.15)=40 \end{gathered}`

The answer is 40