SOLUTION: if 3% of a number is 18, what is 20% of twice the number?

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Question 1086604: if 3% of a number is 18, what is 20% of twice the number?
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If 3% of the number is 18, then 1% of the number is 18%2F3 = 6.

Hence the number is 600.

Then twice the number is 1200.

Then 10% of it is 120, and 20% of 1200 is 240.

Answer. 240.