SOLUTION: if 85% of a number is 97000, what is the number?

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Question 197768: if 85% of a number is 97000, what is the number?
Answer by RAY100(1637) About Me  (Show Source):
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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