SOLUTION: If M is 20% less than N, what is the ratio of M to N?

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Question 1143707: If M is 20% less than N, what is the ratio of M to N?
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Since M is 20% less than N,  M = 0.8*N.


Then the ratio  M%2FN  is  %280.8%2AN%29%2FN = 0.8.    ANSWER.