21000 is 16 percent of what number?
If you take 16 percent of a number and get 21000, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 16 percent of a number is 21000 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 21000 by 100 and then divide the total by 16 as follows: (21000 x 100) / 16
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
131250
Therefore, the answer to "21000 is 16 percent of what number?" is 131250, and you can also derive that 16 percent of 131250 equals 21000.
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