62 is 112% of what number? find the base and round to the nearest hundredth

Hello there!

if 62 is the 112% of some number, this means that if the number is x; then the 100% of this number is x, and the 112% of this number is x + 0.12*x = 1.12*x

then this means that 62 = 1.12x

now we want to find the number x:

62 = 1.12x

x= 62/1.12 = 55.35714

now we need to round it to the nearest hundredth:

the hundredth place is the second number after the decimal point, in this case, is a 5, and we want to round it; if the next number is 5 or bigger, we round up, if it is less than 5, we round down.

We can see that the next number is a 7, so we should round up; then our number x is: 55.36