735 is 42 percent of what number?
If you take 42 percent of a number and get 735, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 42 percent of a number is 735 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 735 by 100 and then divide the total by 42 as follows: (735 x 100) / 42
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
1750
Therefore, the answer to "735 is 42 percent of what number?" is 1750, and you can also derive that 42 percent of 1750 equals 735.
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