Find 16% of 25. Show your work

To get the solution, we are looking for, we need to point out what we know.

1. We assume, that the number 25 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 25 is 100%, so we can write it down as 25=100%.

4. We know, that x is 16% of the output value, so we can write it down as x=16%.

5. Now we have two simple equations:

1) 25=100%

2) x=16%

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:

25/x=100%/16%

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 16% of 25

25/x=100/16

(25/x)*x=(100/16)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x

25=6.25*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (6.25) to get x

25/6.25=x

4=x

x=4

now we have:

16% of 25=4

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