Question

5% of a number is 23. 1% of the same number is 4.6 work out 16% of the number

Answer 1

73.6

Explanation:

lets say that x is our number.

x * 0.05 = 23

x * 0.01 = 4.6

just solving one of these equations will give us x = 460.

now, 16% of 460 is 460 * 0.16 = 73.6