Posted by Cassidy on Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 7:50pm.
Let N be the number.
Remember that 1 percent of a number is 0.01 times the number. 25 percent of a number is 0.25 times that number.
So..
(0.25)(N) = 20
Divide both sides by 0.25 to find N.
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