1720 is 35 percent of what number?
If you take 35 percent of a number and get 1720, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 35 percent of a number is 1720 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 1720 by 100 and then divide the total by 35 as follows: (1720 x 100) / 35
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
4914.29
Therefore, the answer to "1720 is 35 percent of what number?" is 4914.29, and you can also derive that 35 percent of 4914.29 equals 1720.
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