15 percent of 250 = what?

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Solution for What is 15 percent of 250:

15 percent *250 =

( 15:100)*250 =

( 15*250):100 =

3750:100 = 37.5

Now we have: 15 percent of 250 = 37.5

Question: What is 15 percent of 250?

Percentage solution with steps:

Step 1: Our output value is 250.

Step 2: We represent the unknown value with $x$x.

Step 3: From step 1 above,$250=100\%$250=100%.

Step 4: Similarly, $x=15\%$x=15%.

Step 5: This results in a pair of simple equations:

$250=100\%(1)$250=100%(1).

$x=15\%(2)$x=15%(2).

Step 6: By dividing equation 1 by equation 2 and noting that both the RHS (right hand side) of both
equations have the same unit (%); we have

$\frac{250}{x}=\frac{100\%}{15\%}$
250
x=
100%
15%

Step 7: Again, the reciprocal of both sides gives

$\frac{x}{250}=\frac{15}{100}$
x
250=
15
100

$\Rightarrow x=37.5$⇒x=37.5

Therefore, $15\%$15% of $250$250 is $37.5$