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Two numbers such that the greater number is 75 percent more than the lesser number

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Greetings!

If x = the first number (equal to 1x) then the second number is 75% more than this.

This means the value of the bigger number is 100 + 75 (because 100 is the starting number and 75 is the percent bigger)

This can be shown with the following equation:

Amount *
(percentage)/(100)

x *
(175)/(100) = 1.75x

1.75x is the value of the bigger number.


Hope this helps!

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