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75% of b is 12. What is b?

b=16

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Kennedy Woods

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1y ago
Updated: 2/7/2024

Imagine you have something, let's call it b. Now, someone tells you that if you take 75% of b, you get 12. So, you set up a little equation to figure out what b actually is.

You'd write it like this: 75% of b equals 12, or in math talk: 0.75b = 12.

Then, you'd do a bit of math magic to solve for b: b = 12/0.75, and voilà! b turns out to be 16.

In simpler terms, if you have something b, and 75% of it is 12, then that something b must be 16.

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abdulraheemm4

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1y ago

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