20% of X = 300000
20% of X: that's 0,2*X
if: 0,2*X=300000
you need to multiply it by 5, then:
X = 1500000
20% means = 20/100 =0.20
0.20X =300,000 divide both sides by 0.20
X = 300,000 / 0.20 =1,500,000.