What is 423 percent of 17.5 - 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 17.5 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 17.5 is 100%, so we can write it down as 17.5=100%.
4. We know, that x is 423% of the output value, so we can write it down as x=423%.
5. Now we have two simple equations:
1) 17.5=100%
2) x=423%
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:
17.5/x=100%/423%
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 423% of 17.5

17.5/x=100/423
(17.5/x)*x=(100/423)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x
17.5=0.23640661938534*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (0.23640661938534) to get x
17.5/0.23640661938534=x
74.025=x
x=74.025

now we have:
423% of 17.5=74.025