21 percent of what number is 50?
50 is 21% of 238.1
Steps to solve "50 is 21 percent of what number?"
- We have, 21% × x = 50
- or, 21100 × x = 50
- Multiplying both sides by 100 and dividing both sides by 21,
we have x = 50 × 10021 - x = 238.1
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