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If you take 50 percent of a number and get 179, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 50 percent of a number is 179 and you want to know what that initial number is.

To solve this problem you multiply 179 by 100 and then divide the total by 50 as follows: (179 x 100) / 50

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

358


Therefore, the answer to "179 is 50 percent of what number?" is 358, and you can also derive that 50 percent of 358 equals 179.

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