What is 50 percent of 0.5012 - 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 0.5012 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 0.5012 is 100%, so we can write it down as 0.5012=100%.
4. We know, that x is 50% of the output value, so we can write it down as x=50%.
5. Now we have two simple equations:
1) 0.5012=100%
2) x=50%
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:
0.5012/x=100%/50%
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 50% of 0.5012

0.5012/x=100/50
(0.5012/x)*x=(100/50)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x
0.5012=2*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (2) to get x
0.5012/2=x
0.2506=x
x=0.2506

now we have:
50% of 0.5012=0.2506