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[-] blackbirdbiryani@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

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

[-] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

That's about 60% more than expected

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

You mean 38 percent points higher ?

[-] pixelscript@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

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

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

11%/10% with rice

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