429 is 15 percent of what number?
If you take 15 percent of a number and get 429, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 15 percent of a number is 429 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 429 by 100 and then divide the total by 15 as follows: (429 x 100) / 15
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
2860
Therefore, the answer to "429 is 15 percent of what number?" is 2860, and you can also derive that 15 percent of 2860 equals 429.
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