What is 1.58 percent of 0.724 - 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 0.724 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 0.724 is 100%, so we can write it down as 0.724=100%.
4. We know, that x is 1.58% of the output value, so we can write it down as x=1.58%.
5. Now we have two simple equations:
1) 0.724=100%
2) x=1.58%
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:
0.724/x=100%/1.58%
6. Now we just have to solve the simple equation, and we will get the solution we are looking for.

7. Solution for what is 1.58% of 0.724

0.724/x=100/1.58
(0.724/x)*x=(100/1.58)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x
0.724=63.291139240506*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (63.291139240506) to get x
0.724/63.291139240506=x
0.0114392=x
x=0.0114392

now we have:
1.58% of 0.724=0.0114392