alphanerd4@lemmy.world to US Authoritarianism@lemmy.world · 18 hours agoIf There Was a Tenth of a Hundredth of the Scrutiny that is Dished Out on Anyone Trying to Articulate the System’s Cruelty … on the Actual Cruelty of the System Itself …lemmy.worldimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1134arrow-down1imageIf There Was a Tenth of a Hundredth of the Scrutiny that is Dished Out on Anyone Trying to Articulate the System’s Cruelty … on the Actual Cruelty of the System Itself …lemmy.worldalphanerd4@lemmy.world to US Authoritarianism@lemmy.world · 18 hours agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKazumaralinkfedilinkarrow-up23·17 hours agoHow much can you even overcomplicate things anyway. If you want to calculate any 10% increase all you have to do is to multiply by 110%, which is of course 1.1, but you don’t even need to know that anymore if you use a good enough tool. https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=26.35*110%25
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·17 hours agoEven simpler, just move the decimal point over. $2.64. Add that to the base salary and you get $28.99.
How much can you even overcomplicate things anyway. If you want to calculate any 10% increase all you have to do is to multiply by 110%, which is of course 1.1, but you don’t even need to know that anymore if you use a good enough tool.
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=26.35*110%25
Even simpler, just move the decimal point over. $2.64. Add that to the base salary and you get $28.99.