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minus-squarericecake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·25 days agoI prefer to keep it technically correct yet evil and confusing. 6% being a fancy way to write 0.06 or 6 * 1/100 means we can take 6 * 50 * 1/100 and simplify to 300 * 1/100 and then represent that as 300%.
minus-squarebent@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·24 days agoFinally a reasonable way to do percentages! Thank you, I’m stealing this
minus-squarericecake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 days agoMy life was changed forever when I learned I could say that 6% of 50 was 300%.
I prefer to keep it technically correct yet evil and confusing. 6% being a fancy way to write 0.06 or 6 * 1/100 means we can take 6 * 50 * 1/100 and simplify to 300 * 1/100 and then represent that as 300%.
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Finally a reasonable way to do percentages! Thank you, I’m stealing this
My life was changed forever when I learned I could say that 6% of 50 was 300%.