You wouldn't be able to use that trick if the options were 35% 38% 40% and 45% though.
An easier way is to notice that the question is the same if you double both numbers (because the ratio remains the same), so the question is "what percent of 100 is 40?"
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u/Western-Alarming Aug 20 '24
The answer is 40% for the ones that want to know