Reward

Janko and Peter divided the reward from the brigade so that Peter got 5/8 of the reward. What percentage of Janko's reward got?

Result

p =  37.5 %

Solution:

p=100⋅ (1−58)=752=37.5=37.5%p=100 \cdot \ (1 - \dfrac{ 5 }{ 8 } )=\dfrac{ 75 }{ 2 }=37.5=37.5 \%

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