Question 197768
Let  n=number
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85% of  n = 97,000,,,,, per  cent  means  per  centum,,,or  per  hundred,,85% = 85/100=.85
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.85 * n =97,000
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n= 97,000/  .85 = 114,118
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check
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.85 * 114,118 = 97,000,,,ok