84 is 20 percent of what number?

Answer 1

84 is 20% of 420

Problem Worked out:

**it may be easier for you to picture with numbers ontop of eachother.

(84/X) = ( 20/100)

(Cross Mulitply)

20X = 84 x 100

20X = 8400

(divide both sides by 20 to get X alone)

(20X/20)= (8400/20)

X = 420