hfbamafan wrote:
Mary's income is 60 percent more than Tim's income, and Tim's income is 40 percent less than Juan's income. What percent of Juan's income is Mary's income?
(A) 124%
(B) 120%
(C) 96%
(D) 80%
(E) 64%
I am working on trying to nail down these questions.
Is there a way to solve this problem by assuming that Mary's income is 160, which is 60% more than Juan's?
Or does that just cause problems.
Thanks,
Hunter
(A) 124%
(B) 120%
(C) 96%
(D) 80%
(E) 64%
I am working on trying to nail down these questions.
Is there a way to solve this problem by assuming that Mary's income is 160, which is 60% more than Juan's?
Or does that just cause problems.
Thanks,
Hunter
You can do this way, though the way proposed in my post is better:
Mary's income = 160.
Tim's income = 100;
Juan's income = 100/0.6 = 500/3.
(160)/(500/3)*100 = 480/500*100 =96%.\