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Question
If x is 30% more than y; find : `"x"/"y"`
Solution
If x is 30% more than y, this means:
x = y + 0.3y
Simplify: x = 1.3y
`x/y = (1.3y)/y`
Cancel y from the numerator and denominator:
`x/y = 1.3`
The fraction form of `x/y` is
`x/y = 13/10`
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