What is 118 percent of 12200000 - 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 12200000 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 12200000 is 100%, so we can write it down as 12200000=100%.
4. We know, that x is 118% of the output value, so we can write it down as x=118%.
5. Now we have two simple equations:
1) 12200000=100%
2) x=118%
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:
12200000/x=100%/118%
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 118% of 12200000

12200000/x=100/118
(12200000/x)*x=(100/118)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x
12200000=0.84745762711864*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (0.84745762711864) to get x
12200000/0.84745762711864=x
14396000=x
x=14396000

now we have:
118% of 12200000=14396000