we can write it down like this:
4%*x=56
where we want to find the x
first, i would change the % into fraction.
[tex] \frac{4}{100} *x=56[/tex]
multiply both sides by 100
[tex] \4 *x=5600[/tex]
divide by four:
[tex] x=1400[/tex]
and that's our answer, 1400!