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Question 755252: 78% of a number is 2496. What is 55% of that number
Answer by pragya.ban@gmail.com(32)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 78% of a number is 2496. What is 55% of that number?
1. Look at the first sentence. It says "78% of a number is 2496". Now let's take x as the number. So it should look like this:
78% * x = 2496
Since 78% is nothing but .78, replace 78% with .78 to get:
.78x = 2496
2. The next step is to solve for x. Divide both sides by .78.
x = 2496/.78
x = 3200
3. Since the first part of the problem is now solved, it is time to move on to the next part. "What is 55% of that number?"
We already know that x is 3200, which is our number. So let's find 55% of 3200:
.55 * 3200 = 1760
Hope this helps!
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