If 4 percent of a number is 17 what is 14 percent of the same number?

Well, honey, if 4 percent of the number is 17, then the number itself would be 425. Now, if you want to find 14 percent of that same number, just multiply 425 by 0.14 to get 59.5. So, 14 percent of the number is 59.5. Hope that math made you feel like a smarty pants!