Respuesta :
To find the number you would divide 24 by 0.125. You should get 192 therefore 24 is 12.5% of 192.
Answer:
The number is 192.
Step-by-step explanation:
Consider the provided information.
Let the number is x.
It is given that the 12.5% of what number is 24.
As we assumed that the number is x, so above information can be written as:
[tex]\frac{12.5}{100}\times x=24[/tex]
[tex]\frac{125}{1000}\times x=24[/tex]
[tex]125x=24000[/tex]
[tex]x=\frac{24000}{125}[/tex]
[tex]x=192[/tex]
Hence, the number is 192.
