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17.9% of what number is 14.857?
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17.9% of what number is 14.857?

User Pratik Bhattacharya
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Answer: a = 83

Step-by-step explanation:

17.9% = 17.9/100

Let a be the number that a • 17.9% = 14.857:

17.9/100 • a = 14.857
a = 14.857 x 100/17.9
a = 83
User Lars De Bruijn
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Answer:

83

Step-by-step explanation:

.179 of x = 14.857

x = 14.857/.179

x = 83

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