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 986980: If a number is 20% more than the other how much percent is the second number less than the first?
Answer by ikleyn(52815) About Me  (Show Source):
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x = 1.2*y.

Hence,  y = 1%2F1.2.x = 0.833333*x.

It means that  y  is  16.666%  less than  x.

Do not be shocked:

    "x  is in  20%  more than  y"   means that  "x  is in  20% more than  y  measured in units of  y".

    "y  is in  16.666%  less than  x"   means that  "y  is in  16.666% less than  x  measured in units of  x".