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Given two positive integers

x

and

y

with

x < y

. The percent that

x

is less than

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)

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