Re: If r and s are two positive numbers and r is 25% greater tha
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13 Apr 2019, 02:40
The key information here is that "r is 25% greater than s." So we take s, increase it by 25%, and we get r. Hence:
1.25s = r
Now we want the value of \(\frac{r}{s}\). We can replace r with 1.25s, given the equation we found above. So we want the value of:
\(\frac{1.25s}{s}\)
The s in the numerator cancels with the s in the denominator, leaving us with just the answer, 1.25.