26.18 is what percent of 8.86 - step by step solution

To get the solution, we are looking for, we need to point out what we know.

1. We assume, that the number 8.86 is 100% - because it's the output value of the task.
2. We assume, that x is the value we are looking for.
3. If 100% equals 8.86, so we can write it down as 100%=8.86.
4. We know, that x% equals 26.18 of the output value, so we can write it down as x%=26.18.
5. Now we have two simple equations:
1) 100%=8.86
2) x%=26.18
where left sides of both of them have the same units, and both right sides have the same units, so we can do something like that:
100%/x%=8.86/26.18
6. Now we just have to solve the simple equation, and we will get the solution we are looking for.

7. Solution for 26.18 is what percent of 8.86

100%/x%=8.86/26.18
(100/x)*x=(8.86/26.18)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x
100=0.33842627960275*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (0.33842627960275) to get x
100/0.33842627960275=x
295.48532731377=x
x=295.48532731377

now we have:
26.18 is 295.48532731377% of 8.86