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If 20% of a number is 16, the number is
A100 only
B80
C32 only
D60 only
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. 80
1. Let the number be x; (20/100) x = 16.
2. x = 16 * 100 / 20.
3. = 80.
4. So the number is 80.
_Source: Selina Concise Mathematics Class 8, Ch 9 Percent and Percentage (Mistral OCR'd PDF), section on reverse percent_
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