Question 984681: Two numbers are 60% and 20% more than a third number. What is the second nuber expressed as a percentage of the first Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let the third number be given by N
You are told a number is 60% more than N, so that is 1.6N
You are told a second number is 20% more than N, so that is 1.2N
You are asked to find how much more,percentage-wise, the first number is with respect to the second number.
yields that result.
Plug in and get % % % %
So the first number is 33.33% larger than the second one
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