848 is 85 percent of what number?
If you take 85 percent of a number and get 848, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 85 percent of a number is 848 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 848 by 100 and then divide the total by 85 as follows: (848 x 100) / 85
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
997.65
Therefore, the answer to "848 is 85 percent of what number?" is 997.65, and you can also derive that 85 percent of 997.65 equals 848.
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