15000 is 75 percent of what number?
If you take 75 percent of a number and get 15000, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 75 percent of a number is 15000 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 15000 by 100 and then divide the total by 75 as follows: (15000 x 100) / 75
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
20000
Therefore, the answer to "15000 is 75 percent of what number?" is 20000, and you can also derive that 75 percent of 20000 equals 15000.
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