SOLUTION: If a number is 20% more than the other, how much percent is the second number less than the first?

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Question 979429: If a number is 20% more than the other, how much percent is the second number less than the first?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
VERY CLEAR ALGEBRA STEPS:

THE DESCRIPTION TRANSLATED INTO SYMBOLS:

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THE ANSWER CONTAINED IN THIS STEP, , NOTICE THE RESULT, percent;
k is percent of h

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