142 is 50 percent of what number?
If you take 50 percent of a number and get 142, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 50 percent of a number is 142 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 142 by 100 and then divide the total by 50 as follows: (142 x 100) / 50
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
284
Therefore, the answer to "142 is 50 percent of what number?" is 284, and you can also derive that 50 percent of 284 equals 142.
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