797 is 2 percent of what number?
If you take 2 percent of a number and get 797, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 2 percent of a number is 797 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 797 by 100 and then divide the total by 2 as follows: (797 x 100) / 2
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
39850
Therefore, the answer to "797 is 2 percent of what number?" is 39850, and you can also derive that 2 percent of 39850 equals 797.
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