What is 1.617 percent of 1700 - 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 1700 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 1700 is 100%, so we can write it down as 1700=100%.
4. We know, that x is 1.617% of the output value, so we can write it down as x=1.617%.
5. Now we have two simple equations:
1) 1700=100%
2) x=1.617%
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:
1700/x=100%/1.617%
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 1.617% of 1700

1700/x=100/1.617
(1700/x)*x=(100/1.617)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x
1700=61.842918985776*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (61.842918985776) to get x
1700/61.842918985776=x
27.489=x
x=27.489

now we have:
1.617% of 1700=27.489