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70% of what number is 14?

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Konstantinos Michailidis

Oct 4, 2015

The number is $20$

Explanation:

Let the number be "x":

Hence we have

$14 = (70%)*x$

$14=70/100*x$

$14=0.7*x$

$x = 14/0.7$

$x = 20$

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