4993.02 is 25% of what?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-05T23:53:24

19972.08

If we want to find what 4993.02 is 25% of what number we must do the opposite of multiplying as they multiplied a number by 25% to get 4993.02

Therefore it would be,

$4993.02/0.25$

Which is,

19972.08

Answer 2 · 2017-04-06T00:06:51

" $25%$ of what" can also be written as $25/100 *w$

where we have changed the $25%$ to a fraction of $1/100*25 = 25/100$

and we have changed the what to just $w$ .

Now we are given that $4993.02$ is $25/100 *w$

That means: $4993.02 = 25/100 *w$

Multiply both sides by 100: $499302. = 25 *w$

Divide both sides by 25: $499302/25 = w$

Then: $w=19972.08$ which is "what"