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1956 AMC 12/AHSME
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1956 AMC 12/AHSME
Problems
(1)
Percent Less
Source:
2/14/2009
Given two positive integers
x
x
x
and
y
y
y
with
x
<
y
x < y
x
<
y
. The percent that
x
x
x
is less than
y
y
y
is:
(A)
\ \frac {100(y \minus{} x)}{x} \qquad
(B)
\ \frac {100(x \minus{} y)}{x} \qquad
(C)
\ \frac {100(y \minus{} x)}{y} \qquad
(D)
\ 100(y \minus{} x)
(E)
\ 100(x \minus{} y)
percent