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If 77% of first number is equal to three-fourths of second number, what is the ratio of first number to the second number?
Question

If 77% of first number is equal to three-fourths of second number, what is the ratio of first number to the second number?

A.

75 : 77

B.

74 : 75

C.

73 : 82

D.

72 : 73

Correct option is A

Given:

77% of the first number equals 34\frac{3}{4}​ of the second number.

Solution:
Let first number = x, second number = y
77100x=34y xy=3477100 =34×10077 =300308 =7577\frac{77}{100}x=\frac{3}{4}y \\ \ \\\frac{x}{y}=\frac{\frac{3}{4}}{\frac{77}{100}} \\ \ \\=\frac{3}{4}\times\frac{100}{77}\\ \ \\=\frac{300}{308}\\ \ \\=\frac{75}{77}

Thus, option (A) is correct.


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