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Percentages (mander.xyz)

submitted 2 years ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[–] blackbirdbiryani@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I'm quite willing to bet that 70% of the population has no clue that percentages, fractions, and decimals are the same thing.

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[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/06/17/third-pound-burger-fractions/

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[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

That's about 60% more than expected

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[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

You mean 38 percent points higher ?

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[–] pixelscript@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Then odds show up to the party and upend everything we thought we understood.

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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think you can increase that by about 7.5/10%

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[–] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Is that 7.5 percent or 7.5 percentage points though? :/

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[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago

11%/10% with rice

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