ardz24 wrote:If y is 80% greater than x, than x is what % less than y?

(A) 20
(B) 25
(C) 33 1/3
(D) 44 4/9
(E) 80

OA: D

Experts, please share an approach in solving this problem. Thank you

We could pick a simple number for x. Say x = 100. If y is 80% greater, y = 180. Now we want to know how much less 100 is than 180.

If we plug our values into our trusty % change = (New-Old)/Old * 100 formula, we get (180-100)/180 = 80/180 = (4/9) * 100 = 44.44%. The answer is D

(And once we see that we need to find 80/180, it's clear that 80 is too big, as that would be 80/100, and 33 1/3 is too small, as that would be 60/180, so we can derive that the answer must be D without doing the math. )