What is 1.5875 percent of 1000 - 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 1000 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 1000 is 100%, so we can write it down as 1000=100%.
4. We know, that x is 1.5875% of the output value, so we can write it down as x=1.5875%.
5. Now we have two simple equations:
1) 1000=100%
2) x=1.5875%
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:
1000/x=100%/1.5875%
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 1.5875% of 1000

1000/x=100/1.5875
(1000/x)*x=(100/1.5875)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x
1000=62.992125984252*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (62.992125984252) to get x
1000/62.992125984252=x
15.875=x
x=15.875

now we have:
1.5875% of 1000=15.875