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If you take 87 percent of a number and get 522, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 87 percent of a number is 522 and you want to know what that initial number is.

To solve this problem you multiply 522 by 100 and then divide the total by 87 as follows: (522 x 100) / 87

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

600


Therefore, the answer to "522 is 87 percent of what number?" is 600, and you can also derive that 87 percent of 600 equals 522.

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