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.