72000 is 12 percent of what number?
If you take 12 percent of a number and get 72000, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 12 percent of a number is 72000 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 72000 by 100 and then divide the total by 12 as follows: (72000 x 100) / 12
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
600000
Therefore, the answer to "72000 is 12 percent of what number?" is 600000, and you can also derive that 12 percent of 600000 equals 72000.
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