▲ 1279 ▼ Percentages (mander.xyz) submitted 2 years ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 131 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 19 points 2 years ago (2 children) Or "by 80 percentage points" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* (1 child) "By 80 percentage points" means add 80 more points to a number of percentage points, so 5% becomes 85%. "By 80 percent" means add 80 percent of the current value. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 3 points 2 years ago* I know. By x % and by x percentage points is the most commonly confused pair, not by x % and to x %. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* (1 child) "By 80 percentage points" means add 80 more points to a number of percentage points, so 5% becomes 85%. "By 80 percent" means add 80 percent of the current value. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 3 points 2 years ago* I know. By x % and by x percentage points is the most commonly confused pair, not by x % and to x %. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 3 points 2 years ago* I know. By x % and by x percentage points is the most commonly confused pair, not by x % and to x %. permalink fedilink source parent
