82 percents of 15.243902439024 is 12.5?
Step 1: Translate the words into an equation.
82 percents | of | what | is | 12.5 |
82% | $ \cdot $ | x | = | 12.5 |
Step 2: Express $ 82% $ as a decimal number.
$$ 80\% = 80 \div 100 = 0.82$$Step 3: Solve for $ x $.
$$ \begin{aligned} 0.82 \cdot x &= 12.5 \\[1.2 em] x &= \dfrac{ 12.5 }{ 0.82 } \\[1.2 em] x &= 15.243902439024 \end{aligned} $$