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(A) Let the third number be $100$.Since the first number is $60 \%$ more than the third number,the first number $= 100 + 60 = 160$.Since the second nu

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$75 \%$

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(A) Let the third number be $100$.Since the first number is $60 \%$ more than the third number,the first number $= 100 + 60 = 160$.Since the second number is $20 \%$ more than the third number,the second number $= 100 + 20 = 120$.We need to express the second number as a percentage of the first number.Required percentage $= \left( \frac{	ext{Second number}}{	ext{First number}} 	imes 100 ight) \%$$= \left( \frac{120}{160} 	imes 100 ight) \%$$= \left( \frac{3}{4} 	imes 100 ight) \% = 75 \%$.

Two numbers are respectively $60 \%$ and $20 \%$ more than a third number. The second number expressed as a percentage of the first is:

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