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If you take 80 percent of a number and get 988, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 80 percent of a number is 988 and you want to know what that initial number is.

To solve this problem you multiply 988 by 100 and then divide the total by 80 as follows: (988 x 100) / 80

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

1235


Therefore, the answer to "988 is 80 percent of what number?" is 1235, and you can also derive that 80 percent of 1235 equals 988.

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