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?

Correct result:

p =  37.5 %

Solution:

$p=100\cdot (1-{\displaystyle \frac{5}{8}})={\displaystyle \frac{75}{2}}={\displaystyle \frac{75}{2}}\mathrm{\%}=37.5\mathrm{\%}$

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