170 is 5 percent of what number?
If you take 5 percent of a number and get 170, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 5 percent of a number is 170 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 170 by 100 and then divide the total by 5 as follows: (170 x 100) / 5
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
3400
Therefore, the answer to "170 is 5 percent of what number?" is 3400, and you can also derive that 5 percent of 3400 equals 170.
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