4.86 is what percent of 4.78 - 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 4.78 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 4.78, so we can write it down as 100%=4.78.
4. We know, that x% equals 4.86 of the output value, so we can write it down as x%=4.86.
5. Now we have two simple equations:
1) 100%=4.78
2) x%=4.86
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%=4.78/4.86
6. Now we just have to solve the simple equation, and we will get the solution we are looking for.

7. Solution for 4.86 is what percent of 4.78

100%/x%=4.78/4.86
(100/x)*x=(4.78/4.86)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x
100=0.98353909465021*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (0.98353909465021) to get x
100/0.98353909465021=x
101.67364016736=x
x=101.67364016736

now we have:
4.86 is 101.67364016736% of 4.78