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If you take 79 percent of a number and get 518, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 79 percent of a number is 518 and you want to know what that initial number is.

To solve this problem you multiply 518 by 100 and then divide the total by 79 as follows: (518 x 100) / 79

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

655.7


Therefore, the answer to "518 is 79 percent of what number?" is 655.7, and you can also derive that 79 percent of 655.7 equals 518.

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