What is 2850000 percent of 0.006 - 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 0.006 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 0.006 is 100%, so we can write it down as 0.006=100%.
4. We know, that x is 2850000% of the output value, so we can write it down as x=2850000%.
5. Now we have two simple equations:
1) 0.006=100%
2) x=2850000%
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:
0.006/x=100%/2850000%
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 2850000% of 0.006

0.006/x=100/2850000
(0.006/x)*x=(100/2850000)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x
0.006=3.5087719298246E-5*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (3.5087719298246E-5) to get x
0.006/3.5087719298246E-5=x
171=x
x=171

now we have:
2850000% of 0.006=171