138000 is 23 percent of what number?
If you take 23 percent of a number and get 138000, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 23 percent of a number is 138000 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 138000 by 100 and then divide the total by 23 as follows: (138000 x 100) / 23
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
600000
Therefore, the answer to "138000 is 23 percent of what number?" is 600000, and you can also derive that 23 percent of 600000 equals 138000.
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