Question

17% of what is 156

Answer 1

since "of" means multiplication, then it would be 17% times 156 or .17 times 156, which would be 26.52

Answer 2

so 17% can be rewritten as .17
you want 17% of something to equal 156
so 17%*X = 156
therefore .17*X = 156
now solve for x

Answer 3

not quite, @unicornsandmarshmellows . I think You've got it backwards

Answer 4

All this guy's asking is how much of 156 is 17% right?

Answer 5

not quite. the way it's worded, he wants 17% of some unknown number to equal 156

Answer 6

"of" means "times"
% means divide by 100
"is" means =
"what" is an unknown so it's "x"

Using the above English to Math dictionary, we now translate the sentence into math (an equation)

17% of what is 156

17/100 * x = 156

\(\dfrac{17}{100} x = 156\)

Multiply both sides by \(\dfrac{100}{17} \) to find x.

Answer 7

17% of some number is 156, we can write this as\[\frac{ 17 }{ 100 }*x = 156\] Solve for x.

Answer 8

Oh ook I see @LifeEngineer thanks !

Answer 9

156/.17=917.65, 156 is 17% of 917.65