85 is 25 percent of what number?
If you take 25 percent of a number and get 85, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 25 percent of a number is 85 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 85 by 100 and then divide the total by 25 as follows: (85 x 100) / 25
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
340
Therefore, the answer to "85 is 25 percent of what number?" is 340, and you can also derive that 25 percent of 340 equals 85.
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