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In Mathematics / Middle School | 2014-10-23

What is 17% of what number to equal 156?

Asked by Barbarapoore232

Answer (3)

To solve this problem we can use proportion 17% ------------------156 100% ----------------- x Cross multiplying now
x = 17 100 ∗ 156 ​ = y x ​ 917.65 - its the result.

Answered by macio06 | 2024-06-10

10% = 15.6
5% = 7.53
[1% = 1.53]
2% = 3.06
17% = 26.19

Answered by AsTheOldCrowFlies | 2024-06-10

To find what number 17% corresponds to 156, you can use the equation x = 0.17 156 ​ . This gives us x ≈ 917.65 , meaning 17% of approximately 917.65 equals 156.
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Answered by macio06 | 2024-11-01