131 is 8 percent of what number?
If you take 8 percent of a number and get 131, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 8 percent of a number is 131 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 131 by 100 and then divide the total by 8 as follows: (131 x 100) / 8
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
1637.5
Therefore, the answer to "131 is 8 percent of what number?" is 1637.5, and you can also derive that 8 percent of 1637.5 equals 131.
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