Question

If 50% of a number is 170 and 85% of the same number is 289, find 35% of that number.

Answer 1

The answer to it is 119

since 50% of the number is 170 just multiply 170 by 2 to get 340, then find 35% of 340. 10% of 340 is 34, multiply 34 by 3.5 to get 119.