Finding the percent in a word problem

Question Description
A local barns and Noble bookstore ordered 80 marketing books but received 60 books. What Percent of books was missing? (round to nearest tenth)
Also I know to divided its just how o you know what number to start with because I've gotten 2 different answers doing it both ways.. That's where I'm stuck.


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