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If you take 47 percent of a number and get 235, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 47 percent of a number is 235 and you want to know what that initial number is.

To solve this problem you multiply 235 by 100 and then divide the total by 47 as follows: (235 x 100) / 47

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

500


Therefore, the answer to "235 is 47 percent of what number?" is 500, and you can also derive that 47 percent of 500 equals 235.

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