What is 2 percent of 1890 - 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 1890 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 1890 is 100%, so we can write it down as 1890=100%.
4. We know, that x is 2% of the output value, so we can write it down as x=2%.
5. Now we have two simple equations:
1) 1890=100%
2) x=2%
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:
1890/x=100%/2%
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 2% of 1890

1890/x=100/2
(1890/x)*x=(100/2)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x
1890=50*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (50) to get x
1890/50=x
37.8=x
x=37.8

now we have:
2% of 1890=37.8