9000 is 20 percent of what number?
If you take 20 percent of a number and get 9000, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 20 percent of a number is 9000 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 9000 by 100 and then divide the total by 20 as follows: (9000 x 100) / 20
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
45000
Therefore, the answer to "9000 is 20 percent of what number?" is 45000, and you can also derive that 20 percent of 45000 equals 9000.
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