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10.5% = 1.0 and 100% = 9.0 How to find number which is equal to 27.36% from this range?

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    $0.2736 \times 9$ – 2017-01-20
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    I like to think of $\%$ as an abbreviation of division by $100$. – 2017-01-20
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    @GitGud Thinking of percents as division is probably the best way to think about them :D – 2017-01-20
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    @gitgud indeed this way of viewing things demystifies the meaning of $120\%$ – 2017-01-20
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    I just realised my comment is completely out of place. I hadn't read the question properly. – 2017-01-20
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    @GitGud Lol, and we all think your comment was great XD – 2017-01-20
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    @SimpleArt xD ${{{}}}$ – 2017-01-20
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    Are you sure these numbers are correct? if $10.5\% = 1.0$, then $100\%=9.52 \neq 9.0$. Please fix the percentages, otherwise there are two different answers. – 2017-01-20

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Simple. If you meant $100\%=9$, then

$$27.36\%=\frac{27.36}{100}\times100\%=0.2736\times9=2.4624$$

If, however, you meant $10.5\%=1$, then

$$27.36\%=\frac{27.36}{10.5}\times10.5\%=2.6057$$

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    Then `1.0` will not be equal to `10.5%` but will be equal to `0.9` – 2017-01-20
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    @RomanBanakh :-( hm, you can't simultaneously have $10.5\%=1$ and $100\%=9$ then. – 2017-01-20
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    @SimpleArt See my comment on the original post. The percentages you gave aren't right Roman, they both belong to different original amounts. – 2017-01-20
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    @AndrewTawfeek I suppose I fixed it, accounting both cases... – 2017-01-20
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    @SimpleArt Awesome :) Although I think OP was expecting one answer, so either he copied down the problem wrong or he misunderstood the problem – 2017-01-20
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    @AndrewTawfeek well, I got it right now either way I'd hope – 2017-01-20
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    Thanks guys for fast response. Probably I have made some mistake somewhere in my calculations. – 2017-01-20
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    @RomanBanakh Ok, well, hope it doesn't ruin anything. – 2017-01-20
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    Just someone's life. But don't worry it will be bad guy :D – 2017-01-20