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1200 is 65% of what number?
Math help please:
1200 is 65% of what number?
so the backwards equation would be X • .65 = 1200 What is x? 1846?
5 Answers
- kenny kLv 69 years agoFavorite Answer
.65x = 1200
x = 1200/.65 = 1846.154, rounding to the nearest thousandth
Your answer is correct, rounding to the nearest whole number.
Source(s): k2 - 9 years ago
You've answered your own question - nice work! ;)
1200 is 65% of what number - you correctly expressed it mathematically. X*.65 = 1200. So solve for x...since it's multiplied on the left side, it should be divided on the right side. So x = 1200/.65, or (as you correctly answered), 1846. Specifically, 1846.15
- Anonymous9 years ago
Yes with a long chain of decimals behind it =]
1846.153846153846 to be precise.
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