document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=197768>Question 197768</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if 85% of a number is 97000, what is the number? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "85% of  n = 97,000,,,,, per  cent  means  per  centum,,,or  per  hundred,,85% = 85/100=.85<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".85 * n =97,000<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n= 97,000/  .85 = 114,118<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".85 * 114,118 = 97,000,,,ok </SPAN>\n" );
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