      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  }