SOLUTION: If 12% of a number is 6, find the number.

Question 198898: If 12% of a number is 6, find the number.
Found 2 solutions by Earlsdon, jim_thompson5910:
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Write 12% as its decimal eqivalent of 0.12, and let the missing number be x, then...
Divide both sides by 0.12
Multiply top and bottom of the fraction by 100.
Perform the indicated division.

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Recall, 12% in decimal form is 0.12

So "If 12% of a number is 6" translates to

Start with the given equation.

Divide both sides by 0.12

Divide

So the number is 50
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