15 percent of what number is 50?
50 is 15% of 333.33
Steps to solve "50 is 15 percent of what number?"
- We have, 15% × x = 50
- or, 15100 × x = 50
- Multiplying both sides by 100 and dividing both sides by 15,
we have x = 50 × 10015 - x = 333.33
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