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If you take 25 percent of a number and get 172, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 25 percent of a number is 172 and you want to know what that initial number is.

To solve this problem you multiply 172 by 100 and then divide the total by 25 as follows: (172 x 100) / 25

When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:

688


Therefore, the answer to "172 is 25 percent of what number?" is 688, and you can also derive that 25 percent of 688 equals 172.

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