Question

Two numbers are respectively 26% and 5% more than a third.What percentage is the first of second?

Answer 1

62 percent shall be

Answer 2

Answer:

First number is 120% of second.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the third number,

Given,

First number is 26% more than third number,

So, first number = (100+26)% of x = 126% of x = 1.26x  ( 1% = 0.01 ),

Also, second number is 5% more than a third,

So, second number = (100+5)% of x = 105% of x = 1.05x

$\because \frac{\text{First number}}{\text{Second number}}\times 100$

$=\frac{1.26x}{1.05x}\times 100$

$=\frac{126}{1.05}$

= 120%,

Hence, first number is 120% of second number.