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) About Me  (Show Source):
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VERY CLEAR ALGEBRA STEPS:

THE DESCRIPTION TRANSLATED INTO SYMBOLS:h=1.2%2Ak

THE STEPS
k=h%2F1.2
k=h%2F%281%261%2F5%29
k=h%2F%286%2F5%29
k=%285%2F6%29h
THE ANSWER CONTAINED IN THIS STEP, k=%28%2883%261%2F3%29%2F%28100%29%29h, NOTICE THE RESULT, highlight%2883%261%2F3%29 percent;
k is 83%261%2F3 percent of h