Question

4.5% of what number is 99?

Answer 1

Let x be a number such that 4.5% of x is equal to 99.

4.5% of x is the same as 4.5/100 times x. Then:

`(4.5)/(100)x=99`

Then:

`x=(100)/(4.5)*99=2200`

Therefore, 4.5% of 2200 is 99.