Multiplying by which number is equivalent to a decrease of 2%

Compare the subtraction problems 6/8 - 5/8 = 1/8 and 6/9 - 7/9 = 1/9 why is the answer to the first problem positive and the answer to the second problem negative

Question part points submissions used suppose that 100 lottery tickets are given out in sequence to the first 100 guests to arrive at a party. of these 100 tickets, only 12 are winning tickets. the generalized pigeonhole principle guarantees that there must be a streak of at least l losing tickets in a row. find l.

What is the first step of an indirect proof of a number that is divisible by two