The area of a certain country is 17​% more than the area of California​, so the​ country's area is what percent of California's area?

Question

The area of a certain country is 17​% more than the area of California​, so the​ country's area is what percent of California's area

Answer 1

If the area of the unknown country K is 17% more than California (C), then K = 1.17C

or K is 117% the size of C.