842 is 23 percent of what number?
If you take 23 percent of a number and get 842, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 23 percent of a number is 842 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 842 by 100 and then divide the total by 23 as follows: (842 x 100) / 23
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
3660.87
Therefore, the answer to "842 is 23 percent of what number?" is 3660.87, and you can also derive that 23 percent of 3660.87 equals 842.
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