42000 is 83 percent of what number?
If you take 83 percent of a number and get 42000, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 83 percent of a number is 42000 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 42000 by 100 and then divide the total by 83 as follows: (42000 x 100) / 83
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
50602.41
Therefore, the answer to "42000 is 83 percent of what number?" is 50602.41, and you can also derive that 83 percent of 50602.41 equals 42000.
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