Question

babita's salary is 20%more than the salary of bhawana .how much percent is bhavana s salary less than that babita.?

Answer 1

16.67% is Bhavana s salary less than that babita.

Let us salary of Bhawana 100
Babita's will be 120
%ge Bhawana salary less Babita's =[ (120-100)/120] x100=[20/120] × 100=16.67%

Answer 2

Given :

Babita's salary is 20%more than the salary of bhawana .

To Find :

how much percent is bhavana s salary less than that babita.?

Solution:

Let Bhawana's salary be x

We are given that Babita's salary is 20%more than the salary of bhawana .

Babita's salary =$x+20\%x=x+0.2x=1.2x$

Difference = 1.2x-x=0.2x

So,bhavana's salary less than that babita=$\frac{0.2x}{1.2x} \times 100 =16.67\%$

Hence Bhawana's salary is 16.67% less than Babita's salary