80 percent of what number is 15?
15 is 80% of 18.75
Steps to solve "15 is 80 percent of what number?"
- We have, 80% × x = 15
- or, 80100 × x = 15
- Multiplying both sides by 100 and dividing both sides by 80,
we have x = 15 × 10080 - x = 18.75
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