What is 33.1 percent of 1.5 - 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 1.5 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 1.5 is 100%, so we can write it down as 1.5=100%.
4. We know, that x is 33.1% of the output value, so we can write it down as x=33.1%.
5. Now we have two simple equations:
1) 1.5=100%
2) x=33.1%
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:
1.5/x=100%/33.1%
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 33.1% of 1.5

1.5/x=100/33.1
(1.5/x)*x=(100/33.1)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x
1.5=3.0211480362538*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (3.0211480362538) to get x
1.5/3.0211480362538=x
0.4965=x
x=0.4965

now we have:
33.1% of 1.5=0.4965