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If you take 58 percent of a number and get 290, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 58 percent of a number is 290 and you want to know what that initial number is.

To solve this problem you multiply 290 by 100 and then divide the total by 58 as follows: (290 x 100) / 58

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

500


Therefore, the answer to "290 is 58 percent of what number?" is 500, and you can also derive that 58 percent of 500 equals 290.

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