17% of a number is 34. What is the number?
To find the number, you need to divide 34 by 0.17:
34 / 0.17 = 200.
Therefore, the number is 200.
To find the number, we can use the formula for calculating a percentage:
Number = (Percentage/100) * Total
Given that 17% of a number is 34, we can substitute the values into the formula:
Number = (17/100) * Total = 34
Simplifying further:
17/100 * Total = 34
To isolate the variable Total, we can divide both sides of the equation by (17/100):
Total = 34 / (17/100)
Dividing fractions is the same as multiplying the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction:
Total = 34 * (100/17)
Multiplying 34 by 100 and dividing the result by 17:
Total = 3400 / 17
Evaluating the division:
Total = 200
Therefore, the number is 200.