SOLUTION: amars income is 20%less than bharats. how much percent is bharats income more than amars?

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Question 992763: amars income is 20%less than bharats. how much percent is bharats income more than amars?
Answer by ikleyn(52800) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let A be the Amar's income and B be the Bharat's income. Then

A = 0.8*B.

Hence,

B = 1%2F0.8*A = 5%2F4*A = 1.25*A.

Answer. Bharat's income is in 25% more than Amar's.

Do not be suprised: the base for comparison is different in two cases.