What is 17 percent of 18.5 - 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 18.5 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 18.5 is 100%, so we can write it down as 18.5=100%.
4. We know, that x is 17% of the output value, so we can write it down as x=17%.
5. Now we have two simple equations:
1) 18.5=100%
2) x=17%
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:
18.5/x=100%/17%
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 17% of 18.5

18.5/x=100/17
(18.5/x)*x=(100/17)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x
18.5=5.8823529411765*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (5.8823529411765) to get x
18.5/5.8823529411765=x
3.145=x
x=3.145

now we have:
17% of 18.5=3.145