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If you take 75 percent of a number and get 171, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 75 percent of a number is 171 and you want to know what that initial number is.

To solve this problem you multiply 171 by 100 and then divide the total by 75 as follows: (171 x 100) / 75

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

228


Therefore, the answer to "171 is 75 percent of what number?" is 228, and you can also derive that 75 percent of 228 equals 171.

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