9.74 is what percent of 9.85 - 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 9.85 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 9.85, so we can write it down as 100%=9.85.
4. We know, that x% equals 9.74 of the output value, so we can write it down as x%=9.74.
5. Now we have two simple equations:
1) 100%=9.85
2) x%=9.74
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%=9.85/9.74
6. Now we just have to solve the simple equation, and we will get the solution we are looking for.

7. Solution for 9.74 is what percent of 9.85

100%/x%=9.85/9.74
(100/x)*x=(9.85/9.74)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x
100=1.0112936344969*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (1.0112936344969) to get x
100/1.0112936344969=x
98.883248730964=x
x=98.883248730964

now we have:
9.74 is 98.883248730964% of 9.85