1  public class Financial

  2  {

  3     /**

  4        Computes a percentage of an amount. 

  5        @param percentage the percentage to apply

  6        @param amount the amount to which the percentage is applied

  7        @return the requested percentage of the amount 

  8     */

  9     public static double percentOf(double percentage, double amount)

 10     { 

 11        return (percentage / 100) * amount;

 12     }

 13  }