Question 755252
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!