What is 2600 percent of 2.99 - 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 2.99 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 2.99 is 100%, so we can write it down as 2.99=100%.
4. We know, that x is 2600% of the output value, so we can write it down as x=2600%.
5. Now we have two simple equations:
1) 2.99=100%
2) x=2600%
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:
2.99/x=100%/2600%
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 2600% of 2.99

2.99/x=100/2600
(2.99/x)*x=(100/2600)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x
2.99=0.038461538461538*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (0.038461538461538) to get x
2.99/0.038461538461538=x
77.74=x
x=77.74

now we have:
2600% of 2.99=77.74