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minus-squareblackbirdbiryani@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 day agoI’m quite willing to bet that 70% of the population has no clue that percentages, fractions, and decimals are the same thing.
minus-squarepixelscript@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·24 hours agoThen odds show up to the party and upend everything we thought we understood.
minus-squareFilthyShrooms@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoThat’s about 60% more than expected
minus-squareHadriscus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoYou mean 38 percent points higher ?
minus-squareAlecSadler@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 day agohttps://www.snopes.com/news/2022/06/17/third-pound-burger-fractions/
minus-squareSaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoI think you can increase that by about 7.5/10%
minus-squareemeralddawn45linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoIs that 7.5 percent or 7.5 percentage points though? :/
I’m quite willing to bet that 70% of the population has no clue that percentages, fractions, and decimals are the same thing.
Then odds show up to the party and upend everything we thought we understood.
That’s about 60% more than expected
You mean 38 percent points higher ?
https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/06/17/third-pound-burger-fractions/
I think you can increase that by about 7.5/10%
Is that 7.5 percent or 7.5 percentage points though? :/
11%/10% with rice