120000 is 9 percent of what number?
If you take 9 percent of a number and get 120000, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 9 percent of a number is 120000 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 120000 by 100 and then divide the total by 9 as follows: (120000 x 100) / 9
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
1333333.33
Therefore, the answer to "120000 is 9 percent of what number?" is 1333333.33, and you can also derive that 9 percent of 1333333.33 equals 120000.
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