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 886796: If a number is 20% more than the other, how much percent is the second number less than the first?
Answer by verclau(6) About Me  (Show Source):
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We can take an example:let's say the smaller number is 100 then the bigger number is 20% more that means 120.Now the smaller number that means the second is 20 less that the first and now we need to know how much percent is 20 from 120 and that means the sixth part of 100% that means 16,66%.Done