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minus-squaremexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.comhexbear3·edit-22 days agoConvert percentage to fraction, i.e, 80% become 0.8 Then multiply with initial value If it says 80% more use initial + (initial*80) or simply initial*1.8 Or if it says 80% less, use - in above calculation or multiply by 0.2 I find percentages more neat when used as fractional number Edited to escape the multiplication symbol linkfedilink
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.ukhexbear1·2 days ago Convert percentage to fraction, i.e, 80% become 0.8 That's not a fraction. ⅘ is a fraction. linkfedilink
minus-squaremexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.comhexbear2·edit-22 days agoYou know we say "a fraction of something" with a number(usually between 1 and zero) often denoted by letter epsilon. 4/5 equals 0.8 so there is nothing wrong in calling that a fraction too Edit: Its called Decimal Fractions linkfedilink
minus-squareNakoichi [they/them]hexbear2·2 days agoThis is just annoying pedantry you know what they meant. link
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.ukhexbear1·2 days agoIn a thread about being clear in mathematics... linkfedilink
Convert percentage to fraction, i.e, 80% become 0.8 Then multiply with initial value
If it says 80% more use initial + (initial*80) or simply initial*1.8
Or if it says 80% less, use - in above calculation or multiply by 0.2
I find percentages more neat when used as fractional number Edited to escape the multiplication symbol
That's not a fraction.
⅘ is a fraction.
You know we say "a fraction of something" with a number(usually between 1 and zero) often denoted by letter epsilon. 4/5 equals 0.8 so there is nothing wrong in calling that a fraction too
Edit: Its called Decimal Fractions
This is just annoying pedantry you know what they meant.
In a thread about being clear in mathematics...