524 is 80 percent of what number?
If you take 80 percent of a number and get 524, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 80 percent of a number is 524 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 524 by 100 and then divide the total by 80 as follows: (524 x 100) / 80
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
655
Therefore, the answer to "524 is 80 percent of what number?" is 655, and you can also derive that 80 percent of 655 equals 524.
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