1170 is 3 percent of what number?
If you take 3 percent of a number and get 1170, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 3 percent of a number is 1170 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 1170 by 100 and then divide the total by 3 as follows: (1170 x 100) / 3
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
39000
Therefore, the answer to "1170 is 3 percent of what number?" is 39000, and you can also derive that 3 percent of 39000 equals 1170.
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