40% of what number is 80?
Here is your formula: is/of = %/100
The answer is: 200.
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∙ 13y agoFor the equation 80% of what number equals 40, the unknown number is 50.
If 40% is 80, 100% equals 200.
50 percent of 80 equals 40.
80 percent of 40 questions equals 32 questions.
40 is 80% of 50.
32 is 40% of 80.
Here's another way to ask the question: If you have a number and increase it by 40 percent you get 80. What is the number? Let x be the number you're looking for. Forty percent of the number can be expressed as 0.40x (because 40% = 0.40). The question said that x is increased by 40 percent, which implies addition, so the equation is x + 0.40x = 80 1.4x = 80 x = 80/1.4 = 57.14
80 is 40% of 200
40/50 = 0,8 = 80 %
200 (40/100)*200 = 80
The number of which 5 % is 80 = 80/0.05 = 1600.
32 is 40% of 80