What is 1.601 percent of 1.601 - 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 1.601 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 1.601 is 100%, so we can write it down as 1.601=100%.
4. We know, that x is 1.601% of the output value, so we can write it down as x=1.601%.
5. Now we have two simple equations:
1) 1.601=100%
2) x=1.601%
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:
1.601/x=100%/1.601%
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 1.601% of 1.601

1.601/x=100/1.601
(1.601/x)*x=(100/1.601)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x
1.601=62.460961898813*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (62.460961898813) to get x
1.601/62.460961898813=x
0.02563201=x
x=0.02563201

now we have:
1.601% of 1.601=0.02563201