The English language defines the denominator in your equation as the object of the sentence. If you have 100 blue smarties in a bowl, and there are 20% more re

The English language defines the denominator in your equation as the object of the sentence. If you have 100 blue smarties in a bowl, and there are 20% more red smarties than blue, then you have 120 red smarties. There is no ambiguity.