389 is 8 percent of what number?
If you take 8 percent of a number and get 389, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 8 percent of a number is 389 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 389 by 100 and then divide the total by 8 as follows: (389 x 100) / 8
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
4862.5
Therefore, the answer to "389 is 8 percent of what number?" is 4862.5, and you can also derive that 8 percent of 4862.5 equals 389.
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