Given: 18 is 32% of a number
To Determine: The number
Let the number be w. Therefore:
[tex]\begin{gathered} 32\%ofw=18 \\ \frac{32}{100}\times w=18 \end{gathered}[/tex][tex]\frac{32w}{100}=18[/tex][tex]\begin{gathered} 0.32\times w=18 \\ 0.32w=18 \end{gathered}[/tex]Divide both sides by 0.32
[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{0.32w}{0.32}=\frac{18}{0.32} \\ w=56.25 \end{gathered}[/tex]Hence,
an equation is 18 = 0.32 . w
The solution is w = 56.25
