523 is 8 percent of what number?
If you take 8 percent of a number and get 523, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 8 percent of a number is 523 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 523 by 100 and then divide the total by 8 as follows: (523 x 100) / 8
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
6537.5
Therefore, the answer to "523 is 8 percent of what number?" is 6537.5, and you can also derive that 8 percent of 6537.5 equals 523.
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