What is 8.725 percent of 1500 - 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 1500 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 1500 is 100%, so we can write it down as 1500=100%.
4. We know, that x is 8.725% of the output value, so we can write it down as x=8.725%.
5. Now we have two simple equations:
1) 1500=100%
2) x=8.725%
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:
1500/x=100%/8.725%
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 8.725% of 1500

1500/x=100/8.725
(1500/x)*x=(100/8.725)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x
1500=11.461318051576*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (11.461318051576) to get x
1500/11.461318051576=x
130.875=x
x=130.875

now we have:
8.725% of 1500=130.875