Question: A lorry is 60% longer than a minibus. By how many percent is the minibus shorter than the lorry?
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+33653 minimbus length/lorry length = minibus length/1.6*minibus length → 0.625
The minibus length is 62.5% of the lorry length.
The easiest way to visualize this is to attach some numbers to the vehicles:
If we assume that the minibus is 25 feet long, then the lorry is:
25 x 1.60 =40 feet long,
40 - 25 =15 - feet longer that the lorry is than a minus. Or, the minibus is 15 feet shorter than the lorry.
Therefore: 15/40 =0.375 x 100 =37.5% that the minibus is shorter than a lorry.
Since the minibus is only 62.50% of the lorry length, then it follows that:
1 - .625 =.375 x 100 =37.5% shorter than the lorry. Which is the same thing as shown above.
