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If you take 42 percent of a number and get 2940, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 42 percent of a number is 2940 and you want to know what that initial number is.

To solve this problem you multiply 2940 by 100 and then divide the total by 42 as follows: (2940 x 100) / 42

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

7000


Therefore, the answer to "2940 is 42 percent of what number?" is 7000, and you can also derive that 42 percent of 7000 equals 2940.

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