Question

True or false?John earns 25% more than James, then James earns 20% lessthan John

Answer 1

Okay, here we have this:

Let's take John's earnings as x and James's earnings as y, so we obtain the following:

x=y*1.25 (John earns 25% more than James, )

Now, let's clear "y":

y=1x/1.25

y=0.8x

So, finally we obtain that as John's earnings are x and James's earnings are equal to 0.8x, that is 20% less than John's earnings. This mean that the statement is true.