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If you take 87 percent of a number and get 1740, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 87 percent of a number is 1740 and you want to know what that initial number is.

To solve this problem you multiply 1740 by 100 and then divide the total by 87 as follows: (1740 x 100) / 87

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

2000


Therefore, the answer to "1740 is 87 percent of what number?" is 2000, and you can also derive that 87 percent of 2000 equals 1740.

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