Question

38 is 40% of what number?

Answer 1

95

Explanation:

A percentage is found by taking the smaller number divided by the larger number times 100. Using this concept when can set up our equation.

`(38)/(x)*100=40%`

Now we can solve for x. First, we do this by dividing 100 to both sides of the equation, giving us:

`38/x=0.4`

The next step is to rearrange our equation to get x by itself. To do this we have to time x to both sides of the equation, giving us:

`38=0.4x`

We can now divide both side by 0.4 to give us our final answer:

`x=38/0.4=95`