Question
Two numbers are less than a third number by 25% and 31%
respectively. Find the percent by which the second number is less than the first.Solution
Let the third number be 100. Then, first number will be = 100 – 25 = 75 And the second number will be = 100 – 31 = 69 Required % = [(75 – 69)/75] × 100 = 8%
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