Obtaining the total from a percentage

Question

$x$ is $20$ percent of $t$.

t=?; //to compute
x=198;

Example

compressed = 64;
uncompressed = (100 / 20) * 64;

//is it correct?

How can I compute $t$?

@Harold , All of them are not know all the things. It's simple and trivial , I know. It's depend on the scenario. — kannanrbk, Apr 19 '13 at 18:38
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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 19 '13 at 18:29

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x is 20% of t means: $x=0.2\cdot t \quad \implies \quad t=5\cdot x$

answered Apr 19 '13 at 18:29

Stano

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