What is 80.2 percent of 13.9 - 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 13.9 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 13.9 is 100%, so we can write it down as 13.9=100%.
4. We know, that x is 80.2% of the output value, so we can write it down as x=80.2%.
5. Now we have two simple equations:
1) 13.9=100%
2) x=80.2%
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:
13.9/x=100%/80.2%
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 80.2% of 13.9

13.9/x=100/80.2
(13.9/x)*x=(100/80.2)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x
13.9=1.2468827930175*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (1.2468827930175) to get x
13.9/1.2468827930175=x
11.1478=x
x=11.1478

now we have:
80.2% of 13.9=11.1478