3.5 is what percent of 0.02 - 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 0.02 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 0.02, so we can write it down as 100%=0.02.
4. We know, that x% equals 3.5 of the output value, so we can write it down as x%=3.5.
5. Now we have two simple equations:
1) 100%=0.02
2) x%=3.5
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%=0.02/3.5
6. Now we just have to solve the simple equation, and we will get the solution we are looking for.

7. Solution for 3.5 is what percent of 0.02

100%/x%=0.02/3.5
(100/x)*x=(0.02/3.5)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x
100=0.0057142857142857*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (0.0057142857142857) to get x
100/0.0057142857142857=x
17500=x
x=17500

now we have:
3.5 is 17500% of 0.02