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If you take 55 percent of a number and get 979, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 55 percent of a number is 979 and you want to know what that initial number is.

To solve this problem you multiply 979 by 100 and then divide the total by 55 as follows: (979 x 100) / 55

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

1780


Therefore, the answer to "979 is 55 percent of what number?" is 1780, and you can also derive that 55 percent of 1780 equals 979.

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