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If you take 85 percent of a number and get 248, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 85 percent of a number is 248 and you want to know what that initial number is.

To solve this problem you multiply 248 by 100 and then divide the total by 85 as follows: (248 x 100) / 85

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

291.76


Therefore, the answer to "248 is 85 percent of what number?" is 291.76, and you can also derive that 85 percent of 291.76 equals 248.

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