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Procedure for Percent Translation

A department supervisor is training a new office assistant on how to handle billing adjustments. The supervisor uses the following example to explain the process: 'What number is 35% of 90?' Describe the keyword-by-keyword translation process used to turn this sentence into a mathematical equation. In your response, specify exactly what each part of the sentence ('What number', 'is', '35%', and 'of') becomes in the final equation, and provide the solved result.

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