Question

if suraj's collection of stamps is 20% less than sant's collection,then by what per cent is sant's collection of stamps more than that of suraj's?

Answer 1

answer
total percentage -20%
100%-20%
80%

Answer 2

Answer: Sant's collection of stamps is 25% more than that of Suraj's.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of collection of stamps by Sant be 100

According to question,

Suraj's collection of  stamps is 20% less than Sant's collection.

So, Number of collection of stamps by Suraj is given by

$\frac{100-20}{100}\times 100\\\\=80$

We need to find the percent is Sant's collections of stamps more than that of Suraj's.

Difference between the Sant's and Suraj's collection is given by

$100-80\\\\=20$

So, Percentage of sant's collection of stamps more than that of Suraj's is given by

$\frac{Difference}{Suraj's}\times 100\\\\=\frac{20}{80}\times 100\\\\=25\%$

Hence, Sant's collection of stamps is 25% more than that of Suraj's.