What is 21.875 percent of 40000 - 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 40000 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 40000 is 100%, so we can write it down as 40000=100%.
4. We know, that x is 21.875% of the output value, so we can write it down as x=21.875%.
5. Now we have two simple equations:
1) 40000=100%
2) x=21.875%
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:
40000/x=100%/21.875%
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 21.875% of 40000

40000/x=100/21.875
(40000/x)*x=(100/21.875)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x
40000=4.5714285714286*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (4.5714285714286) to get x
40000/4.5714285714286=x
8750=x
x=8750

now we have:
21.875% of 40000=8750