Problema Solution
Two numbers are 50% and 60% less then a third number. How much percentage the first number is to the second
number.
Answer provided by our tutors
let 'x' represent the third number, then 'x-0.5x' and 'x-0.6x' represent the first two numbers
we have the following ratio for the first two numbers:
(x-0.5x)/(x-0.6x)
which simplifies to:
5/4 = 1.25
the first number is 125% of the second number