7240 is 85 percent of what number?
If you take 85 percent of a number and get 7240, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 85 percent of a number is 7240 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 7240 by 100 and then divide the total by 85 as follows: (7240 x 100) / 85
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
8517.65
Therefore, the answer to "7240 is 85 percent of what number?" is 8517.65, and you can also derive that 85 percent of 8517.65 equals 7240.
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