4% of what number is 15?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-22T16:46:23

The number is $37.5$

You can write an equation and solve it:

$4% "of something" = 15$

$4/100 xx x = 15$

$x = (15xx100)/4$

$x = 37.5$

You can also write a direct proportion:

$4/15 = 100/x" "(larr"percent")/(larr " number")$

$x = (15xx100)/4$

$=37.5$