If the first chapter of a certain book is 22 pages long and makes up $2 \%$ of the book, how many pages does the entire book have?
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The total number of pages in the book is $\boxed{1100}$.

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Step 1 ：Let's denote the total number of pages as x. Then we have the proportion: $\frac{22}{x} = \frac{2}{100}$.

Step 2 ：We can solve this proportion for x to find the total number of pages in the book.

Step 3 ：The total number of pages in the book is $\boxed{1100}$.