Question 432-is
3.2 Percentages - Finding original amount from percent change
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is of what number?
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432 is 96 % of what number?
Hard-difficulty · SAT Math · Percentages — Finding original amount from percent change. Read the question above, select your answer, and check the full explanation below to understand exactly why the correct choice works.
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The correct answer is . Let represent the number that is of. This can be written as , or . Dividing both sides of this equation by yields . Therefore, is of .
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