58 is 2 percent of what number?
If you take 2 percent of a number and get 58, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 2 percent of a number is 58 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 58 by 100 and then divide the total by 2 as follows: (58 x 100) / 2
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
2900
Therefore, the answer to "58 is 2 percent of what number?" is 2900, and you can also derive that 2 percent of 2900 equals 58.
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