ANSWER
[tex]40[/tex]EXPLANATION
Let the missing number be x.
This means that:
[tex]15\%\cdot x=6[/tex]Simplifying that, we have:
[tex]\frac{15}{100}\cdot x=6[/tex]Multiply both sides by 100/15:
[tex]\begin{gathered} \Rightarrow x=6\cdot\frac{100}{15} \\ x=40 \end{gathered}[/tex]The number is 40.
