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If you take 56 percent of a number and get 21, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 56 percent of a number is 21 and you want to know what that initial number is.

To solve this problem you multiply 21 by 100 and then divide the total by 56 as follows: (21 x 100) / 56

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

37.5


Therefore, the answer to "21 is 56 percent of what number?" is 37.5, and you can also derive that 56 percent of 37.5 equals 21.

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