What is 56.428571428571 percent of 3.85 - 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 3.85 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 3.85 is 100%, so we can write it down as 3.85=100%.
4. We know, that x is 56.428571428571% of the output value, so we can write it down as x=56.428571428571%.
5. Now we have two simple equations:
1) 3.85=100%
2) x=56.428571428571%
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:
3.85/x=100%/56.428571428571%
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 56.428571428571% of 3.85

3.85/x=100/56.428571428571
(3.85/x)*x=(100/56.428571428571)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x
3.85=1.7721518987342*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (1.7721518987342) to get x
3.85/1.7721518987342=x
2.1725=x
x=2.1725

now we have:
56.428571428571% of 3.85=2.1725